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Tag: western history
Wild Women Of The West: Ruth Roach
An all-around cowgirl champion with unmistakable style in riding, roping, and dress
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Wild Women of the West: Antoinette Adams
Miss Adams was the first actress to appear at the Melodeon Theatre in Virginia City, Nevada.
Wild Women of the West: Pauline Cushman
One of the most glamorous and perhaps most tragic of the “glamour girls” of the West was also a Union spy during the Civil War.
COWGIRL Iconic: Hazel Hickey Moore
You could tell by the way Hazel Elizabeth Hickey Moore dressed when she was growing up she was a cowgirl
Could You Have Survived In The Days Of The Wild West?
The West has been glamorized in many films, leaving people wishing they had grown up in a different era…
How Calamity Jane Stole The Dead Man’s Hand
This raucous wild west icon may not have been as closely tied to Wild Bill as once thought, but she sure did get the last buck.
Wild Woman Wednesday: Giuseppina Morlacchi
Giuseppina Morlacchi was the first woman to star alongside Buffalo Bill Cody in the Wild West Show. She was a talented ballerina known as the Dancer Dove Eye.
Wild Woman Wednesday: The American Amazons
What it must have been like to ride with Buffalo Bill Cody’s show. The ladies in Cody’s American Amazons were exceptionally gifted.
Wild Woman Wednesday: Agnes Hickok
Anges Hickok was billed “queen of the high wire” and was the only woman who completely captured Wild Bill Hickok’s heart.