She was a very successful businesswoman, a respected mine owner, the second woman member of the American Association of Mining Engineers, a founder of Mesa Verde National Park, and a leader of Denver Society’s “Sacred 36.”
Lena Allen Webster Stobier Robb Ellis, the silver “Bonanza Queen” of Colorado was also known as a “Black Widow” because of her four husbands. So, what happened to all of them?
Lena Alma Stoiber
Lena Stoiber was also known as: “Captain Jack”, “Jack Pants”, “Helen”. Along with the last names “Ellis”, “Rood”, and “Webster. Yes, she had that many husbands.
Lena Allen was born during the Civil War in 1862 in Minnesota. She became one of the best-known socialites and “Black Widows” in Denver, Colorado and died a lonely rich woman in Italy.
Lena Allen Webster Stobier Robb Ellis, the “Bonanza Queen” of ColoradoPhoto byPublic Domain
Lena Allen Webster came to Silverton, Colorado in 1884 as a married woman and her husband, F. C. Webster, supposedly disappeared or died mysteriously a few months later.