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From oldest to newest<\/strong><\/h3>\n

What’s a Cowgirl Cocktail?<\/strong><\/a>
Probably not what you were thinking. I’m talking about a cocktail of ideas.<\/p>\n

Why Cowgirls?<\/a><\/strong>
Their mystique is enduring<\/p>\n

Rules of the Road<\/a><\/strong>
“Over the river and through the woods \/ To Grandmother’s house we go. \/ The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh \/ Through the wide and drifted snow.”<\/p>\n

\"photos<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A Toffer in Pants<\/strong><\/a>
I don’t take wearing pants for granted.<\/p>\n

What’s in a name?<\/strong><\/a>
Some bronco names live on in history<\/p>\n

What’s next?<\/a><\/strong>
How about cowgirl spies??<\/p>\n

Mind-numbing Statistics<\/a><\/strong>
Where do 529 people employed by a traveling Wild West sleep?<\/p>\n

Bandits, wolves, and weather were no match for Stagecoach Mary<\/a><\/strong>
And after that she was ready for a good cigar and a drink<\/p>\n

Daredevil riders from Ukraine and Russia were crowd favorites<\/strong><\/a>
The Cossack riders included five women<\/p>\n

Major Pauline Cushman: Union Spy<\/a><\/strong>
The only woman given a commission for secret-service work during the Civil War<\/p>\n

The cost of eggs, then and now<\/a><\/strong>
In 1900, the Buffalo Bill Wild West used 3,360 eggs–for every breakfast!<\/p>\n

Cowgirls\u2019 spurs were flashy and complex\u2014just like the cowgirls<\/a><\/strong>
Museum exhibit and new podcast highlight resilience and independence of early female entertainers and athletes<\/p>\n

Mandy the Mule, a beloved character of old time El Paso<\/a><\/strong>
140 years ago trolley cars pulled by mules conveyed passengers across the border<\/p>\n

\"CoversHarum-Scarum Dime Novel Cowgirls<\/a><\/strong>
Characters based on the real lives of daredevil cowgirls<\/p>\n

The first trucks, or ‘Delivery Cars,’ were a flop<\/strong><\/a>
But they answered a need for a car that could haul cargo<\/p>\n

By Any Other Name<\/a><\/strong>
Shakespeare or Basano: The resurrection of an erasure 400 years old?<\/p>\n

\"photo<\/a><\/strong>Nat Love and Deadwood Dick<\/strong><\/a>
“I’ve had an unusually adventurous life.”<\/p>\n

Mountain Charley: Not a man!<\/a><\/strong>
Discovery made after she emptied her six-shooter into the man who killed her husband<\/p>\n

The Fastest Nun in the West<\/a><\/strong>
‘At just 22 years old, the short-of-stature Sister Blandina stepped straight into the Wild West’<\/p>\n

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