Shoot Minnie! Fort Shaw Celebrities | Playing for the World

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Shoot Minnie! Fort Shaw Celebrities | Playing for the World

The Fort Shaw girls basketball team became well known for their talent and style of play and began drawing large crowds of enthusiastic fans. The cheers for Minnie Burton made headlines which was almost unheard of in girls sports. Many women's sports were held out of the public eye but the Fort Shaw girls team changed this. 
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