Question

What happened to Sarah after arriving in Virginia City, Montana?

A. She married and stayed in Virginia City.
B. She was killed in an Indian attack shortly after arrival.
C. Life was too tough in Virginia City, so she left.
D. She moved to California to work as a seamstress.

Answer 1

B She was killed in an Indian attack shortly after arrival.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sarah entered Virginia City during its gold rush and quickly found work as a chambermaid at Virginia City’s Madison House Hotel. In 1872 she married William Leonard Brown, a successful gold miner. They had two sons and a daughter. Within a few years, however, both her sons and her husband died of diphtheria.

Answer 2

A. She married and stayed in Virginia City.

Step-by-step explanation:

In 1871, Sarah Gammon headed to Montana Territory, trading passage for work as a nanny for John Luttrell Murphy. After arriving in the gold rush town of Virginia City (then the territorial capital), she worked briefly as a chambermaid at the Madison Hotel before marrying miner John Brown in 1872.