One emotion permeated the United States in the second half of the 19th century. It wasn’t greed for gold or lust for land—it was loneliness. The...
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True Westerners
The First Ronstadt Superstar
She grew up in Tucson, Arizona, was the first Ronstadt superstar and is remembered for her album, My Father’s Songs. But this isn’t a story about...
Voice for Freedom
She was one of the guiding lights of Arizona literature, the territory’s first female office holder and she helped cinch Arizona’s statehood. But...
Uncrowned Heroine, Among Great Men
America’s first female explorer was a teenager and new mother who carried her infant on her back as she walked across half the country. She was a...
Picked to “Carry A. Nation”
She so believed the Lord picked her to “Carry A. Nation” into Prohibition, this ax-wielding, saloon-destroyer changed the spelling of her first...
Inspired by the Prairie
Her writing is so vivid, you can see the yellow jam made from the ground cherries that grew prolifically on the prairie; you can almost hear the...
Supermen and Women, Not Pygmies
When I finally announced that I was going to become a doctor it broke the heart of all my friends and I was publicly disgraced. Women that I had...
Singing of the Wrongs and Heroism of the Indians
“It makes little difference ... where one opens the record of the history of the Indians; every page and every year has its dark stain.... “Neither...
So-called Cattle Kate Rises from Rubbish
Cattle Kate was the only woman ever hanged in Wyoming for cattle rustling, and history long portrayed the act as “good riddance to bad rubbish.”...
Frontier Women at Arms
When Frank Butler loaded his guns at a fairground outside Cincinnati, Ohio, one spring day in 1881, the last thing in his thoughts was a legend...
Victorio’s Right Hand
“The stories of Geronimo, Crazy Horse, and Custer pale beside the tale of another warrior—one who fought relentlessly, successfully and against all...
Who is Rose of Cimarron?
Rose of Cimarron, mystery woman. Rose of Cimarron was first introduced to readers in 1915 in a little red paper-covered book titled Oklahoma...