The Last of the Wild West Cowgirls: A True Story

The Last of the Wild West Cowgirls: A True Story

by Kay Turnbaugh
The Last of the Wild West Cowgirls: A True Story

The Last of the Wild West Cowgirls: A True Story

by Kay Turnbaugh

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Overview

Goldie Griffith didn't know how to ride a horse, much less perform tricks or tame a bronco, when she was hired by a famous Wild West show, but she didn't let that stop her. She traveled the country with several companies, part of a small group of professional cowgirls, and in 1913 Buffalo Bill himself gave her away at her wedding. She was married during one of the famous showman's Wild West shows at Madison Square Garden before a crowd of 8,000. A few years later, she discovered that not only was her cowboy husband wanted for murder in Texas, but he was already married when they wed. Furious, she pulled out her gun, aimed it at him, and pulled the trigger. As she waited in jail to learn her fate she regaled reporters with her life story. She was one of our country's first professional female athletes, and she not only boxed and wrestled and rode bucking broncos, she also ranched, trained war dogs, owned boarding houses and restaurants, and was an actor and stunt rider for the brand-new Western movies that were taking the country by storm.

  • A Willa Literary Award finalist for creative non-fiction.
  • With over 120 photographs and images.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780970253224
Publisher: Perigo Press
Publication date: 05/15/2009
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 392
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Long-time Nederland, Colorado, resident Kay Turnbaugh owned a weekly newspaper in Nederland, Colorado, for 27 years. Her other books include a kids' book about the mountain pine beetle and skiing and hiking guide books.

Table of Contents

Author's Notes

Prologue

Part 1

Bucking Broncos

1893–1923

Chapter One

A Kind of Nightmare

Chapter Two

A Decided Novelty

Chapter Three

Ladies' Chamption of the World

Chapter Four

In the Tanbark

Chapter Five

The Grandest Ranch in the World

Chapter Six

A Doozy of a Season

Chapter Seven

A-Wooin'

Chapter Eight

Claustrophobic as a Branding Chute

Chapter Nine

Reaching for the Stars

Chapter Ten

Steppin' Up

Chapter Eleven

Straight Out of a Fairy Tale

Chapter Twelve

Luck Runnin' Kinda Muddy

Chapter Thirteen

A Leaky Sky

Chapter Fourteen

The Truth

Chapter Fifteen

Gratification in a Pin

Chapter Sixteen

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Chapter Seventeen

A Disappearin' Act

Chapter Eighteen

A Girl Ranger

Chapter Nineteen

Prairie Dog Court

Chapter Twenty

No Regrets

Chapter Twenty-One

Meeting the Misty Beyond

Chapter Twenty-Two

A Twisted Tale

Chapter Twenty-Three

A Brave Heart

Chapter Twenty-Four

The Lost Days

Chapter Twenty-Five

Stirring Up Some Magic

Chapter Twenty-Six

One Last Hurrah



Part 2

Ranching

1924–1927

Chapter Twenty-Seven

The Offer

Chapter Twenty-Eight

A New Year and a New Life

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Enjoying the Quiet

Chapter Thirty

Expiation

Chapter Thirty-One

Code of the Range

Part 3

Town

1928–1976

Chapter Thirty-Two

No Longer Hitched

Chapter Thirty-Three

Out on Her Own

Chapter Thirty-Four

There's Gold in Those Stories

Chapter Thirty-Five

Another Mouth of Feed

Chapter Thirty-Six

Ring the Bells of Heaven

Chapter Thirty-Seven

The Home Front

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Tricks and Training

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Willie's Clothes

Chapter Forty

One Last Parade



Epilogue

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

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