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Josie and Celia both ran away from home as teenagers - one before the age of 15.
Between them, these girls would travel thousands of miles to meet their similar destinies.
Both would end up working as underage "sporting girls" on the 19th century American frontier, and both would become consort to a man still celebrated today in American film and folklore.
One would survive her ordeals by forgetting.
The other could never forget...
By Brian Halpin - Before We Were White4.8
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Josie and Celia both ran away from home as teenagers - one before the age of 15.
Between them, these girls would travel thousands of miles to meet their similar destinies.
Both would end up working as underage "sporting girls" on the 19th century American frontier, and both would become consort to a man still celebrated today in American film and folklore.
One would survive her ordeals by forgetting.
The other could never forget...

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