'Bonanza Queen of Yogo City'.

The couple soon befriended Ringold, and in 1906 Charles transported Millie's body to the cemetery in nearby Utica. On his own initiative, Gadsden had the mine's wagon and team haul supplies to Millie at no cost. Millie Ringold had little time for either tumultuous Reconstruction- era politics or Americans' changing attitudes toward the assimilation of freed slaves into a predominantly white society. [Extracted from the article]

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