Alice Powers ~ Part Two

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She put a bullet in the arm of a man who had threatened her friend, Warren G. Tubbs, with a knife. They had moved their operation to Deadwood, South Dakota where she married him and they had seven children. They homesteaded a ranch near Sturgis on the Moreau River. Tubbs was diagnosed with tuberculosis and died of pneumonia during the winter of 1910. She had enjoyed the peace and quiet of life on the ranch but once again she had to make a living. She hired a man named George Huckert to care for the ranch while she went to Sturgis to earn a living. She felt it would be cheaper to marry him than to pay him so she married him when he proposed to her. He died in 1913. She opens a saloon called "Poker's Palace" but shot a man that was tearing it up one night and ended up in jail. Though she was acquitted of the charges the saloon had been closed during the trial. By then she was in her 70s and wearing men's clothes. She was featured as a true frontier character. She ran a house of ill repute for many years. She was fined and actually arrested for repeated offenses and was sentenced to prison but was pardoned by the governor. She underwent a gallbladder operation at the age of 79 but died of complications. This was in Rapid City, South Dakota on February,27,1930. She was buried at St. Aloysius Cemetery in Sturgis, South Dakota. She claimed to have won $250,000 in her life. She was famous for saying such things as: "Praise the Lord and place your bets. I'll take your money with no regrets." Part One can be read at this link: