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The toll road on the Butterfield Stage had a simple rule , pay or die . #mad history #oatman massacre

At the bottom of the mesa below the massacre site is where they buried the Oatman family , where exactly is not known . #oatman massacre #gila bend arizona history

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 .