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Poet: Ken Jordan
Poem: Stagecoach Mary
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: January/2014


 Mary Fields,
(1832-1914).

born a slave,
somewhere in
Tennessee,

on the 
Dunnes
Plantation -

She  became 
the first
African American
(male or female)
to deliver 
the U. S. mail
in 
America -

She was 
a tall
 woman, 
over 6 Ft, 
and 
strong,

weighting
over
two hundred
pounds,

who 
didn't shy
 away 
from 
a brawl
or
two
if need
be -

She rolled 
cigars, 
chewed gum, 
drank 
plenty whiskey, 
and
was famous
for
caring 
a pistol, 

and
rode a mule
name 
Moses -

Mary,
had 
also
a
pet
eagle,
and
a
penchant
for
baseball -

She
wore
buffalo
skin
dresses
that she
made
herself -

She
must have
been
an
intimidating 
figure
to 
behold -

In 1892,
Benjamin Harrison,
was
President -

During
those days,
Wells Fargo,
had
the
U.S. mail
contract,

and
needed
a 
stagecoach 
driver
with 
a
strong will,

and
survival skills
for the 
rough route
between
Great Falls,
Montana 
to 
Fort Benton -

They
chose 
sixty year
old
Mary Fields,

who was 
more than
capable 
of
doing
the job -

It was
rumoured 
that
she could
hitch
a team
of
horses
faster than
the boys
half her
age -

Mary,
became
a legend,

tales
of her
adventures
was
well known

in
all the
pioneer towns
of
Central
Montana
and
neighbouring 
states -

 Her
reliability 
and
work ethics,

earned
her
the 
name
"Stagecoach,"
Mary,

by 
the folks
along
the mail
trail -

Mary,
and
her mule
Moses,

never missed 
a day
of 
work
in 
nine years,

and
was never
held up -

Mary Fields,
retired
in
1901,

paving 
the way
forward

for
African
American's
to
follow -

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