female bronc rider

Bronc busting champion Kitty Wilkes won her first title at the Wild West Celebration Rodeo in Miles City, Montana, in 1916.  The seventeen-year-old, New York native’s straightforwardness and untamed physical daring gave fans the impression she was born and bred into the rugged life of a Wyoming ranch. Few would have guessed she was new to...

(1894-1986) The stylish lobby of the Texas Hotel in Fort Worth was a bustle of activity on Saturday, March 11, 1922.  Well-dressed patrons were arriving and departing.  A string quartet in the corner of the massive entryway serenaded white-haired, prosperous looking gentlemen and their stocky, bejeweled wives being escorted to their rooms by attentive bellboys. ...

On March 1, 1933, four men left Casper, Wyoming, to search for a woman that had been missing since mid-February.  Mrs. Rose Coleman was reported missing by her husband, the reputed cattle rustler Charles W. Coleman.  Charles wrote his brother-in-law Ernest Gale from jail informing him that he’d not heard from his wife for more...

This judge ain’t blind, but he may well wonder if his eyes are playing tricks on him. The rider easing down onto the bronc in the chute is not some wiry, scruff-bearded cowboy, but a rodeo-queen-beautiful young woman.  A gaggle of other gorgeous gals stand behind the chute, encouraging the soon-to-be-sprung cowgirl who’s atop 1,200...

RIDE TV premiered its highly anticipated Cowgirls series on September 27 with an in-depth look into the world of competitive ranch bronc riding in Texas. COWGIRL Magazine is one of the show’s newest sponsors.  Throughout the series, six women compete in ranch bronc riding, a rodeo sport that involves holding on for eight seconds on...