Burros, Brothels and Boarding Houses Remembering How Women Helped Shaped San Juan County

Photos provided by The San Juan County Historical Society
Photos provided by The San Juan County Historical Society

March is Women's History Month, the perfect time to reflect on the importance of women in our county. There is no doubt, mining itself was a man's world. However, just as many women came west in search of new lives as men.

Negotiating the new western world as a woman was unnerving but as a general rule, the women of mining camps were treated with respect and rarely faced danger. Rather, they fell i…