The Other Mountain Maid

Many are familiar with Jean Wallace, but there was another "Mountain Maid" of Roaring River, Marie Olsen, friend of Jean Wallace, who died after returning to New York City in 1894. She was a convert to Theosophy, who was cremated, with ashes spread at Roaring River.
other mountain maid
From Cassville Republican, March 29, 1894
Marie Olsen ashes
From Cassville Republican, June 28, 1894
Olsen Mountain Maid
"Miss Olsen, better known here as the Mountain Maid" from Cassville Republican July 10, 1890