ROYAL ORDER OF THE KLONDIKE KATES TAKING APPLICATIONS! WINTER CARNIVALS

WINTER CARNIVAL : ROYAL ORDER OF THE KLONDIKE KATES   a History of the Order!

EXCERPT :  Today the members of the Royal Order of Klondike Kates make well over 100 appearances a year.  The current group of active members will participate in approximately twenty parades over the summer months where they sing live on the award-winning float.  They also perform at many senior citizen's homes, Meals on Wheels, Chamber of Commerce shows, conventions, benefits, the Minnesota State Fair, and many other engagements....  Their statement of purpose for their organization reads "... to promote, enhance, and maintain a positive image, reputation and public perception of the legend of Klondike Kate."

August 2012 was KLONDIKE KATE (Kathleen Eloisa Rockwell) MONTH here at MISTRESS MANIFESTO BLOGSPOT.  Check out the posts in the archives.  If interested in Gold Rush Mistresses, you might also be interested in LOLA MONTEZ, who was Mistress of the Month, February 2019  

KLONDIKE KATE PDF PROFILE

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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PANTAGES THEATRE : IF NOT FOR KLONDIKE KATE IT MIGHT HAVE NEVER BEEN : DOES SHE HAUNT THE THEATRE NOW?

Linking to the site! Here is the part about Klondike Kate.
"The Pantages Theater, built in 1918 by Alexander Pantages, was partially funded with financial assistance from his mistress, Kate Rockwell. Known as “Klondike Kate” and “Queen of the Yukon” she brought grace and style to the dance halls and saloons of the Pacific Northwest. She held miners spellbound with her flame dance and took their breath away when she appeared in a $1,500 French gown. Her lush ballads brought tears to their eyes and inspired a shower of gold nuggets.

Between performances she would dance with lonely miners for a dollar a dance and drink champagne with them for which she received $7.50 a bottle. “We were vendors of laughter and music to men who were starved for beauty and gaiety,” she said. “And we give good measure for all the gold the miners showered upon us.”

In the first four months she was in Dawson, Alaska, Kate received a hundred proposals of marriage, though the only man she wanted to marry was Alexander Pantages, who in the end, took her money and broke her heart. After Pantages married a woman of higher social standing, Kate sued him but never fully recovered her financial loss. She struggled for the rest of her life to make ends meet.

Rumor has it that a ghost haunts the Pantages. No one knows for sure whether it is Kate or Alexander, but one thing we do know is you'll never have a chance to solve this mystery without visiting the Historic Pantages Theater!"


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KLONDIKE KATE : YUKON GOLD RUSH MISTRESS : MISTRESS OF THE MONTH

Kathleen Eloisa Rockwell = Klondike Kate

While the weather is much too hot, we think of someone really cool, Klondike Kate.It was the Gold Rush... the 1890's... Yukon Territory.

Sometimes a mistress depended on her man to support her. Sometimes he depended on her to bail him out or give him the money to invest. Marion Davies did it when Hearst needed a loan. Maybe it takes a crisis to show that loyalty? That kind of "I believe in you" Love? Kate was instrumental in keeping her Mister in business, when he founded the Pantages Theatre!

Kathleen Eloisa Rockwell is celebrated today at Klondike Kate contests in places like Wisconsin, where ladies with some old time flash sing and imitate the dance hall Kate. As is usually the case, this mistress keeps us fascinated.
Thing about Kate is that she was apparently not so refined, maybe even rough and tumble. That was the personality and character that allowed a woman to succeed in the risky atmosphere of boom or bust.
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