Far too often people have a Hollywood version of history. In Western movies, the streets are clean, the saloons are clean, the clothes on the cowboys are clean, the horses are clean and the language used is clean. Not so in the real world. There is a real reason Western towns were called ‘rough and tumble’ but don’t let that fool you when it came to women. They were as tough as the men and, like successful men, willing to take a chance. Like this woman during the Alaska Gold Rush. I like this photo because her ‘business’ appears to be an extension of her home and there is a ‘mat’ for the front door to stamp the mud off your books before you went inside. AND, the business had her name because it was HER business.