S. Anna Gordon

Sarah Anna Gordon (née Steele; January 10, 1831 – before 1900) was an American physician and author of Camping in Colorado with Suggestions to Gold-Seekers, Tourists and Invalids.

Early life Gordon was born in 1831 in Charlemont, Massachusetts, the daughter of Elijah Steele and his second wife, Emily.

When Gordon was young, her parents moved to New York, where she was reared and took the first year of a college course of study, which was afterwards completed in Illinois. After the Civil War, they moved to Hannibal, Missouri.

After her marriage, Gordon immediately commenced the study of medicine with her husband, attended a partial course of lectures, and was called upon by the people to assist him in an overburdening practice. "At the gates of the park we discovered an open cabin. It was built of unhewn logs, and covered with earth. The windows were gone, and the paths that once led to it were overgrown with bramble. We learned that this had been the home of Mountain Jim, who, during his life, had been known as trapper, hunter, fishman, and more. The desolate cabin still serves as a monument to his memory; and it is pointed out to strangers, the thrilling of this strange life and tragic death are related; all of which have become historically associated with the park"—S. Anna Gordon.

In 1889, Gordon graduated with honors from the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago. In medicine, she was a homeopathist.