A Tragic End to a Classic Cowgirl

You have to wonder if it was the sexy cowboy or the opportunity to break out of the “woman’s world” that most prompted young Eloise Fox to run away from a convent school at the age of 14. But run she did, marrying the cowboy who would help her reach stardom in the rodeo world. Paul Raymond “Mike” Hastings was a noted bulldogger and took his wife to Irwin Brother’s Wild West Show, where she started out competing on bucking broncs and in trick riding matches. Eventually he’d show