William Palmer's railroad career was interrupted by the Civil War. He was taken prisoner, rose to the rank of brigadier general, and received the Medal of Honor. In Colorado he founded the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.
Justina Ford was the first African American female physician to practice medicine in Colorado. Facing the obstacles of race and gender bias, she spent half of a century caring for people of all races and circumstances.
Margaret 'Molly' Brown's life was the stuff of legends. The heroine of the Titanic disaster was also a business woman, art collector, social and political activist, and philanthropist during her full life.
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