Category: Women’s History in the American West
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Breaking Trail: Bertha Kaepernik Blancett
Bertha Kaepernik was born in 1883. Her family moved to Colorado and she was riding horses by the time she was five years old! She would become known as “the most famous woman rider in rodeo.” She helped pioneer women’s competitions in rodeo, but also wasn’t afraid to compete against…
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National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame: Fort Worth, TX
Hey, friend! Welcome back to another post! Today, I want to tell you about the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas. I got to visit this museum as a child and was so excited to go back to see all the renovations they had made…
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Breaking Trail: Fannie Sperry Steele
“To the yesterdays that are gone, to the cowboys I used to know, to the bronc busters that rode beside me, to the horses beneath me (sometimes) I take off my hat. I wouldn’t have missed one minute of it.” Fannie Sperry Steele (Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame Website) Fannie…
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Breaking Trail: Prairie Rose Henderson
Ann Robins was born in Wyoming in the 1870s, but she later was known as ‘Prairie Rose.’ She grew up on a ranch roping and riding then became one of the best bareback riders and relay racers on the rodeo circuit. Cowgirl, Vera McGinnis said Prairie Rose Henderson “was the…
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