Word: isabella
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...pains. In January 1891, Crazy Bob struck gold, sold his claim for $500 while drunk celebrating. He died a pauper, but the field he opened up was one of the richest in the world. Out of Cripple Creek's famed mines (Golden Cycle, El Paso, Ajax, Independence, Vindicator, Isabella, Portland) poured a golden flood of more than $500 million...
...mother, an orphaned immigrant from Scotland, was brought up by a wealthy uncle in Ohio. Well-educated and an earnest supporter of Henry George's single tax (George was a close family friend), Isabella Frost tried to fill the gaps in her son's erratic education, reading him poetry and Scottish history...
...Isabella confounded his pessimism by producing eleven healthy children...