Image via The Los Angeles Evening Citizen News- Uncredited Photographer- March 26, 1956. Mesannie Wilkins poses with her horses (Tarzan (L) and King (R), and dog Depeche Toi.

The Terminally Ill 63-Year-Old Woman Who Rode A Horse 7,000 Miles Across The United States

In the 1950s, a sick woman with no family traveled across the country by herself with her loyal pets

Andrew Martin
4 min readMay 23, 2022

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Going back to the days of indigenous tribes and European settlers, traversing the land that now makes up the United States is a difficult but…

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Andrew Martin

Dabbler in history, investing & writing. Master’s degree in baseball history. Passionate about history, diversity, culture, sports, investing and crypto.