Belle Starr
Myra Maybelle Shirley waws born in Carthage, Missouri. As a young lady, she attended the Carthage Female Academy where she excelled in all subjects and became an accomplished pianist. She grew up with Cole Younger and later befriended the James brothers. When the outlaws of the James-Younger gang needed to hide out, they often stayed at the Shirley family farm. It wasn't long before Maybelle was introducted to a life of crime and earned the nickname "the Bandit Queen."
In 1866, Belle married Jim Reed, a former Confederate Army guerrilla. Jim Reed tried to live the honest life of a farmer, but when that didn't pan out, he fell in with the Starrs, a Cherokee Indian family notorious for stealing hourses. Along with his wife's friends, the Jameses and Youngers, they planned and executed many daring heists. Jim was killed while trying to escape from the custody of a deputy sheriff who had arrested him for one such robbery. After the loss of her husband, Belle made her living organizing and planning robberies, as well as fencing stolen goods. When she was unable to bribe the law into looking the other way, she would seduce them to get what she wanted.
She married Sam Starr in 1880, and two years later, both of them were convicted of stealing horses. They were released a year later and went right back into lawlessness. Belle was murdered on Feb 3, 1889, two days before she was to turn 41. She was shot in the back while riding home from the general store. Her killer has never been identified.
The Drink:
The Bandit Queen
1.5 oz Southern Comfort
1 oz Peach Schnapps
1 oz cranberry juice
lime for garnish
Drinkability - 5
Drunkability - 3
Taxic Diversity - 2
Accessibility - 4
Priority for Conservation - 5
Comments: "peach schnapps? What does SoCo taste like besides awesome?"
From Women of the Wild West hosted by MPF
Myra Maybelle Shirley waws born in Carthage, Missouri. As a young lady, she attended the Carthage Female Academy where she excelled in all subjects and became an accomplished pianist. She grew up with Cole Younger and later befriended the James brothers. When the outlaws of the James-Younger gang needed to hide out, they often stayed at the Shirley family farm. It wasn't long before Maybelle was introducted to a life of crime and earned the nickname "the Bandit Queen."
In 1866, Belle married Jim Reed, a former Confederate Army guerrilla. Jim Reed tried to live the honest life of a farmer, but when that didn't pan out, he fell in with the Starrs, a Cherokee Indian family notorious for stealing hourses. Along with his wife's friends, the Jameses and Youngers, they planned and executed many daring heists. Jim was killed while trying to escape from the custody of a deputy sheriff who had arrested him for one such robbery. After the loss of her husband, Belle made her living organizing and planning robberies, as well as fencing stolen goods. When she was unable to bribe the law into looking the other way, she would seduce them to get what she wanted.
She married Sam Starr in 1880, and two years later, both of them were convicted of stealing horses. They were released a year later and went right back into lawlessness. Belle was murdered on Feb 3, 1889, two days before she was to turn 41. She was shot in the back while riding home from the general store. Her killer has never been identified.
The Drink:
The Bandit Queen
1.5 oz Southern Comfort
1 oz Peach Schnapps
1 oz cranberry juice
lime for garnish
Drinkability - 5
Drunkability - 3
Taxic Diversity - 2
Accessibility - 4
Priority for Conservation - 5
Comments: "peach schnapps? What does SoCo taste like besides awesome?"
From Women of the Wild West hosted by MPF
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