It was a gloomy, chilly evening in mid-April 1877 when Miriam Leslie, her husband Frank, a Skye terr…
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: Lillie Langtry
A huge cloud of steam boiled out of the tremendous stack on the locomotive engine hauling a Union Pa…
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Wild Women Of The West: Juliet Fish Nichols
Just off Fort Point are several rocks that are a terror to mariners and on which many a good ship ha…
Wild Women Of The West: Juana Navarro Alsbury
We could hear the Mexican officers shouting to the men to jump over, and the men were fighting so cl…
Wild Women Of The West: Francita Alavez
The moment Madam Alavez arrived at Copano, she began her work of intercession and performed deeds of…
Women Of The West: Annie McIntyre Morrow
Her name was Annie McIntyre Morrow, and the story of her life and times in the Idaho mining camps of…
Women Of The West: Florence Mabel Dedrick
“She is heart and soul in the work and has been wonderfully blessed in her efforts.” Comment abo…
Wild Women Of The West: Cathy Williams
A cold sunrise greeted the soldiers stationed at Fort Cummings, New Mexico, on the first day of 1868…
Wild Women Of The West: Eliza Cook
“For forty years she practiced medicine in this valley, and many a man now with a family of his own recalls being summoned in the middle of the night to saddle his horse and go across the valley for Dr. Cook.”
Wild Women Of The West: Dr. Lillian Heath
“I had two deep pockets set in front of some garments in which to carry, among other things, such as my medical bag, a revolver.”
Wild Women Of The West: Dr. French
“She could take out a bullet, sew up a knife wound, fiend off Indians, and exist on nothing but hope. It was as if life had decided she didn’t need any favors.”
COWGIRL Iconic: Kitty Canutt
She was determined to show the world that one need not be “born in the saddle” to be a crack rider.
Book Review: Sizzling Summer Romance Novels
Review of Karen Witemeyer’s “At Love’s Command” and Janet Daily’s “Whirlwind”