Dale Evans was one of Republic Pictures’ most popular Western stars. The unlikely cellul…
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: Lucille Mulhall
World’s Champion Roper, America’s Greatest Horsewoman, Queen of the Range, and the first woman w…
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Wild Women Of The West: Happy Ever After
Business for matrimonial publications increased substantially whenever stories of successful mail-or…
Wild Women Of The West: Mail-Order Bride Annie Gayle
Annie Gayle was considered one of the prettiest, most ambitious girls in Akron, Ohio in 1883. …
Wild Women Of The West: Mail Order Articles
“I am fat, fair, and 48. 5 feet high. Am a No. 1 lady, well fixed with no encumbrance:…
Wild Women Of The West: Mail Order Brides
“Middle-aged bachelor sought. Prosperous 130-pound rancher with full head of hair, keen eyes…
COWGIRL Iconic: Fox Hastings
The strong, young woman with nerves of steel learned the art of steer wrestling…
Wild Women Of The West: The Harvey Car Courier Corps
The Harvey Car Courier Corps will take you away “into the beckoning, foot-loose distances of New M…
Wild Women Of The West: The Telegraphers
Twenty-eight-year-old Elizabeth Cogley sat at a small desk in the Pennsylvania Railroad ticket offic…
Wild Women Of The West: Helen Hunt Jackson
Between 1860 and 1890, railroad mileage multiplied from 30,000 to 166,000. Within the first te…
Wild Women Of The West: Sarah Kidder
The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad operated as it usually did on April 10, 1901. It ran a…
COWGIRL Iconic: Florence Ladue
She’s recognized as “the greatest woman trick and fancy roper of all time.”
Wild Women Of The West: Miriam Leslie
It was a gloomy, chilly evening in mid-April 1877 when Miriam Leslie, her husband Frank, a Skye terr…