A PDF FILE ON KATE! It Begins:
"The woman who was eventually dubbed the ‘Flame of the Yukon’,
‘Belle of the North’, and ‘Klondike Kate’, in Dawson City, Yukon,
was born Kathleen Eloisa Rockwell in Junction City, Oregon, in
1875 but had grown up in Spokane, Washington. Her stepfather
had stature in the community and the family lived in a large
mansion until economic failures caused tensions in the home.
Kate grew up as a bit of a tomboy and often played with boys rather
than members of her own sex. Of a rebellious nature, her parents
sent her to boarding schools and convents but the young woman
either ran away or was expelled. In the 1890's, after her mother
had divorced her husband, mother and daughter moved to New
York where Kate had an unsuccessful attempt as an entertainer."
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