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Author Archives: Chris Enss
Chris Enss is a New York Times Bestselling author who writes about women of the Old West.
Wild Women Of The West: Kitty Canutt
Bronc busting champion Kitty Wilkes won her first title at the Wild West Celebration Rodeo in Miles …
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Wild Women Of The West: Berenice Dossey
In early February 1941, more than twenty-five hundred people jammed into the stadium to watch the ex…
COWGIRL Iconic: Mary Fields
A well-traveled trail rests peacefully between the rich forested hillsides around the town of Cascad…
Wild Women Of The West: Bonnie Gray
From the early 1920s to the mid-1930s, trick and fancy rider Bonnie Gray and her company were recogn…
Wild Women Of The West: Texas Guinan
Texas Guinan (Mary Louise Cecelia Guinan) was a popular cowgirl star from 1918-1923, who grew up on …
Wild Women Of The West: Victoria Forde
When news that cowgirl and silent film actress Victoria Forde had left her husband, Western star Tom…
Wild Women Of The West: Olive Fuller Golden
When the five-reel western drama A Knight of the Range premiered in early 1916, critics praised sile…
Wild Women Of The West: Marie Walcamp
Today’s film fans cannot conceive of a time when kids stomped and whistled and cheered when the na…
Wild Women Of The West: Ruth Roland
Reel cowgirl Ruth Roland portrayed Pearl Marvin in a dozen silent films in The Perils of Pauline ser…
Wild Women Of The West: Dorothy Morrell
“I rode my first horse on a bet,” admitted World Champion cowgirl Dorothy Morrell in 1917. “Th…
COWGIRL Iconic: May Lillie
A bespectacled photographer emerged from under a black curtain draped over a massive camera and trip…
Republic Pictures Leading Cowgirl Actresses: Dale Evans
Dale Evans was one of Republic Pictures’ most popular Western stars. The unlikely celluloid …
Republic Pictures Leading Cowgirl Actresses: Vera Ralston
The most influential woman at Republic Pictures from the early 1940s to the studio’s demise in the…
Republic Pictures Leading Cowgirl Actresses: Anne Jeffreys
In many of the films actress Anne Jeffreys made for motion picture studios like Republic Pictures, s…
Republic Pictures Leading Cowgirl Actresses: Gail Russell
There were many talented, female contract players at Republic Pictures. In the mid-1940s the studi…
COWGIRL Iconic: Opal Wood Elliot
Rodeo star Opal Wood Elliot tackled bulls. Real, live snorting bulls, big ones with long horns…