American businesswoman
Mary Thompson (died 1893) was one of the richest early African Americans in Seattle , Washington .
She owned the Minnehaha Saloon, which had a brothel upstairs. At the time of her death she owned real estate in Seattle and Butte , Montana. She also had a horse and carriage , an extensive jewellery collection, and $20,000 in cash. By the standards of the time, this made her quite wealthy.[1]
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