Why did Mary move?

[Susan Higginbotham]

I imagine also that having a pretty young daughter, Anna, at the tavern was becoming increasingly unpalatable for Mary. There was always the danger that a stranger arriving on the stagecoach might have seduction or worse on his mind, not to mention drunks leaving the bar. In the boardinghouse, Mary could at least pick and choose whom she rented to (not that this turned out really well either).