So legend goes, the Diva in quarantine cut up her petticoats to make a baby quilt for the Jailer & wife, having their first child. Except I've seen this quilt in State Archives, and it's not petticoat material. She was cutting up costumes to make that quilt. Why? Was the quarantine that bad, she was ...

I wish it did. Cited as family legend.

A great listen - all the exciting research back story. Only wish it were longer.

Spectacular news, thank you, Michael! This is exactly what I needed to relaunch my research.

The reference is from Grand Endeavors: Vintage Arizona Quilts and Their Makers, Helen Young Frost and Pam Knight Stevenson, Northland Publishing 1992. pg. 19

I'm looking for info on a touring opera company that was quarantined in the Thombstone jail, circa 1883. Anyone come across this in their research? Newspaper research has only provided news of cattle quarantines.