She was six feet tall, liked whiskey and bad cigars, and according to
local newspapers, broke more noses than anyone in Montana.  But she
always got the mail through.  Who was she?

Dear sushmita780-ga;

Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question. The answer is:

?STAGECOACH? MARY FIELDS
http://www.abacom.com/~jkrause/fields.html

?A Black gun-totin' female in the American wild west. She was six feet
tall; heavy; tough; short-tempered; two-fisted; powerful; and packed a
pair of six-shooters and an eight or ten-gauge shotgun. A legend in
her own time, she was also known as STAGECOACH MARY.?

?She broke more noses than any other person in central Montana; so
claims the Great Falls Examiner, the only newspaper available in
Cascade at the time.?

?In 1895, she landed a job carrying the United States Mail. Since she
had always been so independent and determined, this work was perfect
for her, and quickly she developed a reputation for delivering letters
and parcels no matter what the weather, nor how rugged the terrain.?

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Clarification of Answer by tutuzdad-ga on 04 Nov 2004 20:26 PST

History apparently underestimates the gun she carried. I bet you could
drop a golf ball in the barrel of the cannon she's holding in this
picture!
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/african/west/fields2.jpg

tutuzdad-ga

Incredible.  Thank you very much, and I hope that you will definitely
help me again in the future tutuzdad!  I truly appreciate it!

Mary Fields, perhaps?
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/fiel-mar.htm

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