At the helm of the Burnett Oil Company, The Burnett Foundation, and Burnett Ranches (including the 6666), LTD, Anne Windfohr Marion contributed to the cultural expansion of Fort Worth and...
For over twenty years, dazzling costumes, white plumed horses and the thrill of a rodeo arena would adorn Elaine Kramer’s life as one of America’s most famous roman riders. She...
Playing cowboys and Indians with friends developed Ann Lowdon Call’s cowgirl spirit and helped transform her into a top American Quarter Horse Association competitor. Ann was serious when it came...
“Daddy taught me to respect and work with a horse,” recalls Mary Jo. At ten Mary Jo was very active in the local 4-H Club and raised steers to show...
Sherri Mell began competing in junior rodeos at age four and never tired of the challenges and thrills of the arena. At thirteen she won her first saddle, and over...
“Do it with style and a smile” was the motto of Connie Griffith, one of the world’s greatest female trick riders. As a child she rode her horses Toby and...
Wantha Davis loved to race horses—and to win doing it. From the Great Depression through the 1950s, she won more than 1,000 races. Her feats on the racetrack were commemorated...
Praised as “the perfect Western actress,” Gail Davis was the star of the popular television series Annie Oakley. Gail gave girls of the era their first female Western heroine and...
Sheila Varian made her mark on the Arabian horse community, from her first champion mare, Rotenza, to the Varian Arabians she bred. Using three mares imported from Poland in 1961,...
Velda Tindall Smith was a classic cowgirl from the golden age of rodeo. She learned to trick ride at the age of twelve and gave her debut performance the following...
