# Frontier life
Mad History
The Girl with the Blue Tattoo ; Frontier story of Olive Oatman
In 1851 the Oatman family was traveling west in a covered wagon . They where attacked by a renegade band and the two Oatman girls where kidnapped . The youngest girl died soon after but Olive survived to be rescued . When the was brought back , she had the most curious blue tattoo on her chin . She grew up to marry and do book lectures of her time as a captive .
Arizona State2022-05-05