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There's someone I'd like you to meet ๐Ÿค

What's been taking me into the archives lately? ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ”

Meghan J. Ward
Jun 6, 2022
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There's someone I'd like you to meet ๐Ÿค

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If you follow me on Instagram, youโ€™ll know I teased out a project a little while ago and promised an update through Field Notes. ๐Ÿ“’ Here goes!

Thereโ€™s this person I met about 17 years ago. It was my first summer working in the mountains at a historic lodge in Banff National Park.

Now, by this point, this person had been lying in the Banff Cemetery for 66 years, but her story was so compelling that it has been the subject of much Rockies folklore. Her accomplishments as an explorer, writer, photographer and artist put her name in the history books alongside notable men of the same era.

Mary Schรคffer was no ordinary woman.

Cover of biography, No Ordinary Woman, featuring Mary Schรคffer and Billy Warren.

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