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Lizzy isn't quite five feet tall and "just a bit of a thing" as
they say, but that doesn't keep her from becoming a blacksmith in
England, emigrating to America, becoming the first woman resident
of the rough and tumble silver mining town of Rico, Colorado where
she ran her own dairy or moving on from there to become the first
beef-cattlewoman in Southwest Colorado. Lizzy and her third husband
Henry (which she pronounced 'Enry in her cockney accent) Knight,
formerly her son-in-law, homesteaded and raised her granddaughter
Edith in the newly settled Disappointment Valley. They prospered:
'Enry with farming, brokering livestock trades in that booming
cattle country and being the postmaster of the valley's first post
office; Lizzy with her own herd, a small store and becoming the
unofficial banker for the valley. The Knight homestead became the
center for commerce and social interaction in the valley. Their
original cabin still stands and is now a historic site. Their
great, great, great grandchildren still call the valley home.
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