Editing Lola Montez (section)

===American career===
[[File:Lola Montez - 1851.jpg|thumb|Lola Montez in 1851, [[daguerreotype]] by Southworth & Hawes]]
[[File:Lola Montez Caricature Departure for America.jpg|thumb|A caricature by [[David Claypoole Johnston]] from the period showing Lola Montez leaving Europe for the United States]]

From 1851 to 1853, Lola performed as a dancer and actress in the eastern United States, one of her offerings being a play called ''Lola Montez in Bavaria''.<ref name=amer/> In May 1853, she arrived on the west coast in [[San Francisco]],<ref name="48LawsPower78"/> where her performances created a sensation, but soon inspired a popular satire, ''Who's Got the Countess?''<ref name="Kamiya2014">{{cite web
 |last=Kamiya 
 |first=G. 
 |title=Notorious Lola Montez kept the men in S.F. panting 
 |work=SFGate 
 |publisher=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] 
 |date=31 May 2014 
|url=http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Notorious-Lola-Montez-kept-the-men-in-S-F-panting-5517992.php 
 |access-date=1 June 2014 
 |archive-date=1 June 2014 
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601164831/http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Notorious-Lola-Montez-kept-the-men-in-S-F-panting-5517992.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> She married Patrick Hull, a local newspaperman, in July and moved to [[Grass Valley, California]], in August. Her marriage soon failed; a doctor named as {{Not a typo|co-respondent}} in the divorce suit brought against her was murdered shortly thereafter.<ref name="adb"/>

Lola remained in Grass Valley at her little house for nearly two years.<ref>Marshall Dill, Jr., ''Germany: A Modern History'' (University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, 1970) pp. 104–5.</ref> The restored [[Home of Lola Montez|property]] went on to become [[California Historical Landmark]] No. 292.<ref name="parksCAgov">{{cite web|url=http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/ListedResources/Detail/292|title=Home of Lola Montez |access-date=27 July 2008| website=parks.ca.gov}}</ref> Lola served as an inspiration to another aspiring young entertainer, [[Lotta Crabtree]], whose parents ran a boarding house in Grass Valley. Lola, a neighbour, provided dancing lessons<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.standingstones.com/crabtree.html|title=Lotta Crabtree and Lola Montez|website=Standing Stones|access-date=1 April 2016}}</ref> and encouraged Lotta's enthusiasm for performance.