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RIDING FREEDOM

  • CHARLOTTE PARKHURST

    CHARLOTTE PARKHURST

    Charlotte Parkhurstis born in New Hampshire.
  • ORPHANAGE

    ORPHANAGE

    Charlotte parents are killed and she goes to live in the orphanage at the age of 2.
  • RUN AWAY

    RUN AWAY

    Charlotte runs away from the orphanage at the age of 10 and goes to Worchester, MA. She meets Ebeneezer Balch and being her career as a stage coach driver and her life living as a man and changes her name.
  • PROVIDENCE  RHODE ISLAND

    PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND

    Ebeneezer moves his business to Providence, Rhode Island and Charlotte goes with him at the age of 18.
  • ONE-EYED-CHARLEY

    ONE-EYED-CHARLEY

    Charlotte leaves for California to work for the California stage company shortly after she is kicked by a horse in the face and loses sight in her left eye and takes on thr name, One-Eyed-Charley.
  • PAJARO VALLEY HISTORICAL ASSOC

    PAJARO VALLEY HISTORICAL ASSOC

    Pajaro Valley Historical Assoc marks her grave with a monument.
  • RETIRES

    RETIRES

    Charlotte retires and buys a ranch near Watsonville,CA
  • REGISTERING TO VOTE

    REGISTERING TO VOTE

    Registered and listed as a registered resident of the country of Santa Cruz,CA and votes in the Presidential Election. This makes her literally the first women to vote at the age of 55 on November 3.
  • R.I.P

    R.I.P

    Charlotte passes away from mouth cancer and her secret is revealed when the doctors examined her body.