Giuseppina Antonia "Josephine" Morlacchi Omohundro (October 8, 1836 – July 23, 1886)[1] was an Italian American ballerina, dancer, and actress.

In Lisbon, she met noted artist and manager Don Juan (John) De Pol, who persuaded her to go to America and perform in his DePol Parisian Ballet.

During her rise to fame, DePol insured her legs for $100,000 (equal to $2,180,000 today), after which newspapers claimed that Morlacchi was 'more valuable than Kentucky'.

Morlacchi, Blasina, Diani, Ricci, Baretta,... accompanied with cymbals and triangles by the coryphees and corps de ballet."

[10] In the Spring of 1880, after performing in Denver, the couple visited the silver mining town of Leadville, Colorado where Texas Jack fell ill and a few weeks later died of pneumonia.