She Got Fired After a Gunfight… and Still Built a Life
Mary “Stagecoach Mary” Fields got fired from a church job after a gunfight in the yard.
Not a warning. Not a write‑up.
A gunfight with a man who disrespected her—and the church told HER to go - wild!
Most people would’ve taken that as a sign to sit down and be smaller.
Mary didn’t.
She tried starting her own spot—a restaurant where folks could eat, drink, and be together.
It didn’t work out. Money was tight, and the business failed in less than a year.
But she kept going.
Then, in her 60s, she went after something even bigger: a contract to carry the U.S. mail through rough Montana country.
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Men lined up for that job. It was dangerous and it paid.
So they held a competition.
They had to hitch up a team of horses and get ready to roll, fast.
Mary stepped up, stood right next to the men—and beat them.
She literally had to out‑work and out‑fight men in that contest to win the route.
That’s how she became “Stagecoach Mary.”
Through snowstorms, wolves, and lonely mountain roads, she showed up every day with a gun on her hip and a cigar in her mouth, making sure people got their mail.
No fancy title.
No perfect plan.
Just grit, courage, and follow‑through.
She opened a laundry. She cooked. She took care of kids at her own daycare.
She kept finding ways to earn and to serve, even when things didn’t go right the first time.
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She Got Fired After a Gunfight… and Still Built a Life
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