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...
Inspired by the Prairie
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True Westerners
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...
Stagecoach Senorita
She wasn’t a desperado, but Pearl Hart was desperate when she ambushed her way into the history books in 1899—the only known female stagecoach...
“Giddy Up” Gals Getaway
As 70 head of horses hoofed their way to the corral for morning rides, a Mercedes Benz horn honked, loud and impatient. But horses stop for no man....
On Her Own
If your image of a senorita in the Old West is beautiful brown eyes shyly hidden behind a lace fan, then you’ve never heard of Juana Briones—a...
Queen of the Soiled Doves
Just the sound of her name draws a mental picture: Mattie Silks. No plain, dowdy woman in a calico dress would ever wear such a name; no girl with...
Calamity Jane
Her name isn’t real and neither are most of the folklore images of her. Calamity Jane—yes, there really was such a person in the Old West—wasn’t the...