Unknown Mrs. Pickett
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Audio version of the story about Mrs. Pickett's life and son
This file appears in: The Unknown Mrs. Pickett
The Unknown Mrs. Pickett – The soon-to-be famous George Pickett married a Native woman in 1857--but we do not know a lot about her, not even her name
George Pickett arrived in the Pacific Northwest a widower, his first wife having died in childbirth when he was stationed in Texas. He was stationed at Fort Bellingham when, in 1857, he married the second Mrs. Pickett, a Haida teenager. Such a…