• This enabled the USPS to establish Mary Fields' contribution as the first African-American female star route mail carrier in the United States.[4].
  • There are many legends about Mary Fields, an African American pioneer in late 19th century Montana.
  • At six feet tall and two hundred pounds, Mary Fields was an intimidating woman. Mary lived in Montana, in a town called Cascade.
  • Mary Fields was beloved by locals for her generosity, despite her hard exterior. Fields even became the mascot for the local town’s baseball team.
  • Mary Fields, aka Stagecoach Mary, was one of the first women entrepreneurs, stagecoach drivers, and pioneers of the American West.
  • Born a slave in the 1830s, Mary Fields arrived in Montana with the Ursuline Sisters who came to establish an Indian boarding school and mission.
  • Mary Fields, American pioneer who was the first African American woman to become a U.S. postal service star (contract) route mail carrier.
  • Mary Field was born circa 1664 to Thomas Field (1636-1677) and Mary Burton (c1638-1670) and died circa 1718 of unspecified causes.
  • I have written about many film actresses in my time, but never about one as anonymous as Mary Field .