Queens of the Mines

Today we talk about the incredible life of Hattie McDaniel. She was the First African-American to Win an Oscar, but also, so much more. Season 3 features inspiring, gallant, even audacious stories of REAL 19th Century women from the Wild West. Stories that contain adult content, including violence which may be, disturbing to some listeners, or secondhand listeners. So, discretion is advised. I am...

The history of Cinco De Mayo unviels the importance of the landscape of North America as a whole, and, did you know, it was very first celebrated in our very own Gold Rush town of Historic Columbia?

Wherever you are in this hemisphere, you are on Native land.  Never forget, that before the Spanish arrived in California, for thousands of years, from sea to shining sea, this was indian country, with more than 300,000 Natives living here, representing more than 100 tribes, each with its individual traditions and cultures, most completely lost by the arrival of settlers. Write that down, and burn...

Wherever you are in this hemisphere, you are on Native land. Never forget, that before the Spanish arrived in California, for thousands of years, from sea to shining sea, this was indian country, with more than 300,000 Natives living here, representing more than 100 tribes, each with its individual traditions and cultures, most completely lost by the arrival of settlers. Write that down, and burn...

Wherever you are in this hemisphere, you are on Native land. Never forget, that before the Spanish arrived in California, for thousands of years, from sea to shining sea, this was indian country, with more than 300,000 Natives living here, representing more than 100 tribes, each with its individual traditions and cultures, most completely lost by the arrival of settlers. Write that down, and burn...

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Support Queens of the Mines with a tip! Venmo- @queensofthemines CashApp $queensofthemines Paypal southernminequeen@gmail.com Samuel Clemens arrived in Angels Camp in 1865 in the middle of a rainstorm so intense that it left Clemens stranded in Calaveras County for the next two weeks. Many local townspeople gathered at the Angels Hotel at the corner of Main at Birds Way to pass the time. While loc...

Today’s episode features the lives of mother - daughter outlaws, Belle Starr, the Bandit Queen and her daughter, Pearl. Season 3 features inspiring, gallant, even audacious stories of REAL 19th century women from the Wild West. These stories sometimes contain adult content which may be disturbing to some listeners, or secondhand listeners. So, discretion is advised. I am Andrea Anderson and this i...

When Agnes Moulton Coolbrith joined the Mormon Church in Boston in 1832, she met and married Prophet Don Carlos Smith, the brother of Joseph Smith, founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There, at the first Mormon settlement, Agnes gave birth to three daughters. The youngest was Josephine Donna Smith, born 1841. Only four months after Josephine Donna Smith’s birth, Don Carlos...

Are you ready for more stories of inspiring, gallant, even audacious REAL 19th Century women from the Wild West? Queens of the Mines is returning Jan 15 2023 with it’s third Season! You can expect 10 new episodes, coming out every other Sunday. Get early access to episodes and bonus content on patreon.com/queensofthemines. As always, you can still purchase my paperback book on Amazon, and follow u...

Buy the book here! https://www.amazon.com/Queens-Mines-Women-twisted-California/dp/B09DN1J6GB Stories of astonishing women from California’s 1849 gold rush history. What was it like for the women in California during the 1850’s? What hardships did they face? What victories were they able to realize? Who were the first women who came to California, and who was already here? Explore the lives of bri...

It is my birthday week so today I am talking about my new favorite queen, the American poet and writer who became an activist demanding better treatment of Native Americans from the United States government. Her name was Helen Hunt Jackson, and I will share some of her poetry throughout the story. We will start the story with Deborah & Nathan Fiske, in Amherst, Massachusetts. The couple both suffe...

Today we are going to talk about Bridget “Biddy” Mason, the grandmother of Los Angeles, one of the most influential Black women in California. She overcame unimaginable prejudice and inequity and was one of the first prominent landowning citizens of Los Angeles. Briget was born into slavery in Georgia on August 15 of 1818. Her parents were of mixed African American and Native American descent. She...

Today we are going to talk about the Trail of Tears, specifically my grandmother’s family’s experience on the journey. We start in Georgia, where tens of thousands of acres of land had been occupied and cultivated since the 8000s BC by the indigenous people. During the Manifest Destiny “delusion”, some American officials thought that the best way to solve what they were disgracefully calling an “I...

Support Queens of the Mines with a tip! Venmo- @queensofthemines CashApp $queensofthemines Paypal southernminequeen@gmail.com Today, we are talking about an active and daring freedom fighter from California history! For decades after America’s largest migration, the gold rush began, the men who came alone to California to seek their fortunes longed for wives and women of pleasure. It was easier fo...

Support Queens of the Mines with a tip! Venmo- @queensofthemines CashApp $queensofthemines Paypal southernminequeen@gmail.com In this episode, we dive into the life of Isadora Duncan. In How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, the film from 2003, Kate Hudson’s character Andy dons a yellow diamond necklace in one scene that they call the “Isadora Diamond”. That $6 million 80-carat yellow diamond in the neckl...

Support Queens of the Mines with a tip! Venmo- @queensofthemines CashApp $queensofthemines Paypal southernminequeen@gmail.com Were you in the Herring Creek Area between December 3-6 of 2021? The Sheriff’s Office is seeking information from anyone who was. Please call 209-694-2910 if so. After seeing the positive impact the RAD Card program has had on local business and consumers, The Sonora Area F...

Support Queens of the Mines with a tip! Venmo- @queensofthemines CashApp $queensofthemines Paypal southernminequeen@gmail.com

Support Queens of the Mines with a tip! Venmo- @queensofthemines CashApp $queensofthemines Paypal southernminequeen@gmail.com

We are in a time where historians and the public are no longer dismissing the “conflict history” that has been minimized or blotted out. We now have the opportunity to incorporate the racial and patriarchal experience in the presentation of American reality. That is why today we are going to talk about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The preceding episode may feature foul language...

It was Labor Day last Monday, and I wanted to take this week to honor a labor union organizer who was a woman named Sue. I found most of my information from the US National Park Service but you can find a more extensive list of references in the show notes for this episode. Make sure to follow the Queens of the Mines instagram and facebook pages this week for images from the story! If you enjoy th...

xWhat would it have been like for women in California in the 1850’s? What hardships did they face and what victories were they able to realize? Who were the first women to come to California and who was already here?  The new book, Queens of the Mines, features stories of ten brilliant people who made their own way, in a time where women were not so welcome to do so. They are rarely heard of, and...

Queens of the Mines features the authentic stories of gold rush women who blossomed from the camouflaged, twisted roots of California. Today, we learn the story of Emma Nevada,  The Comstock Nightingale.  QOTM is looking for sponsors, and advertisers. New and old episodes are being downloaded everyday. If you are interested in supporting the continuation of QOTM, reach out to us via the link on qu...

The Youreka Podcast Network launches in October! A single audio feed to amplify the unheard voices of the Motherlode. Today, you will hear a sneak peek from one of the New Shows on the Network. If you want to help with the production of the network, you can donate to the Youreka Podcast Network at queensofthemines.com. “We are gathered here today for, Here Lies, an Audio Tour podcast that guides y...

The baby fuzz on her lip had now developed into a growth of unusual proportions for a woman. A disgruntled miner who’d lost his temper in Bannack  and a bundle at her table gave her the name “Madame Moustache”.