Born in Fredericksburg, Texas, in 1857, Buck Taylor found himself a protégé on Buffalo Bill Cody’s Nebraska ranch; he ended up performing cowboy stunts in the Wild West show arena under the billing “King of the Cowboys.”
– Courtesy Robert G. McCubbin Collection –
In the early 1900s, Wild West shows gave way to rodeos, giving little girls new role models in early-day cowgirls like (from left) Hazel Padgett, Dorothy Morrell, Dolly Mullins, Vera McGinnis, Alice Braham and Dell Jones, standing next to an unknown cowgirl.
– True West Archives –
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