Career
Born in Dublin, Ireland into a Catholic family, Maggie arrived in New York City in 1873. Unable to find legitimate work, she headed out west to seek her fortune in the mining camps until she finally ended up in the mining community of Murray, Idaho. She worked in the mining camp under the name Molly Burdan and is better known as or Molly B"Dam because of her colorful language.
During the smallpox epidemic of 1886, Hall organized the efforts to care for the sick.
She died from complications of tuberculosis at the age of 34 (her tombstone erroneously gives her age as 35) and is interred in the Murray Cemetery. Her tombstone reads:
Her legendary compassion led the citizens of Murray, Idaho to name their annual city celebration the "Gold Rush Days" in her honor.
The Sprag Pole Museum located in Murray, Idaho features a reconstruction of her bedroom as one of the exhibits.
