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Mother Featherlegs

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Mother Featherlegs Shepard was so called because in her ruffled pantalettes she looked like a feather-legged chicken in a high wind. She was a road house ma'am and an outlaw confederate. In 1879, she was murdered by "Dangerous Dick Davis The Terrapin" for a $1500 cache.
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Niobrara County, Wyoming
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