THE HAPPY ENDING… “Mother Featherleg’s” red pantalettes, stolen in the 1964 celebration, were discovered in a Deadwood saloon in 1990.
A “posse” of local residents raided the saloon, got them back, & escorted the underwear to the Stagecoach Museum in Lusk, Wyoming, which remains their permanent home.
BUT THERE’S MORE.. read on!
(photos: museum displayed (left) 1890 corset; (right) 1875 corset like “Mother” would have worn)