Maggie Hall

Maggie Hall (c. 1853 - January 17, 1888) was a prostitute from Dublin, Ireland in early Murray, Idaho history. She worked under the name Molly Burdan and is better known as Molly B'Damn or Molly B'Dam. On her way over Thompson Pass in the winter of 1884, she saved the life of a stranded woman and child. During the Smallpox epidemic of 1886, Hall organized the efforts to care for the sick.

Her legendary compassion led the citizens of Murray, Idaho to name their annual city celebration the Molly B'Damn Gold Rush Days in her honor.

She died from complications of Tuberculosis at the age of 35 and is interred in the Murray Cemetery.

Her tombstone reads:

     Sacred

To The Memory Of

  Maggie Hall

  Molly-B-Dam

 Died At Murray

  Jan. 17 1888

  Age 35 Years

      IHS

References

• Seagraves, Anne, Soiled Doves: Prostitution in the Early West, Wesanne Publications, Hayden, Idaho, 1994.
• Dungan, Myles, How the Irish Won the West, New Island, Dublin, Ireland, 2006