After injuries to her knee, ankle and heart, she needed to get away from show business and from an ex-boyfriend. So she retreated to the high desert near Brothers, and became a homesteader ... and looked fabulous doing it. (Brothers, Deschutes County; 1914) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/o1108b-vaudeville-legend-klondike-kate-bends-most-colorful-homesteader.html)