• Description: Nan Jeanne Aspinwall Gable Lambell achieved a remarkable feat as the first woman to complete a solo horseback journey across North America. Her historic ride commenced in San Francisco on September 1, 1910, and concluded in New York on July 8, 1911. This journey was undertaken on a bet from Buffalo Bill, in whose Wild West show she and her husband performed. Throughout this expedition, she was accompanied by her Thoroughbred mare, Lady Ellen
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Two-Gun Nan
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1880-1964
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On horseback, A cavallo, A cheval
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
  • Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nan_Aspinwall
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6962174
  • Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Nan Aspenwall 1912 Long distance rider (Idaho Falls Idaho) Frank Gable, Chasp Roper
Bain News Service, publisher - Library of Congress Catalog
Precursori, Forerunners, Précurseurs
Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains
Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction

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