(1860 - 1943)
Arriving in the silver mining boomtown of Kingston in 1886, Sadie Jane Creech Orchard is arguably the most colorful woman in New Mexico history. Sadie opened brothels, worked as a prostitute, built and operated hotels, restaurants, and co-owned and drove for a regional stagecoach line. During World War I she tended to the less fortunate, and in the 1918 flu pandemic nursed children and cared for the sick and dying. New Mexico writer Erna Fergusson wrote of her "For a bad woman, Sadie was one of the best."| HM Number | HM1U54 |
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| Placed By | New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Monday, September 5th, 2016 at 5:02pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 13S E 259934 N 3645429 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 32.92078333, -107.56721667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 55.247', W 107° 34.033' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 55' 14.82" N, 107° 34' 1.98" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 505 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling West |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 10715 NM-152, Hillsboro NM 88042, US |
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