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<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nBandit Queens<\/a>, Cowgirls<\/a>, and Sharpshooters<\/a>: How Women of the Wild West Changed History<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider show_divider=”off” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”102px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|20px|||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Page Title Section- BB Cowgirls” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_direction=”90deg” background_color_gradient_stops=”#f4f4f4 50%|rgba(244,244,244,0) 80%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_color_gradient_start=”#f4f4f4″ background_color_gradient_start_position=”50%” background_color_gradient_end=”rgba(244,244,244,0)” background_color_gradient_end_position=”80%” background_image=”https:\/\/www.kayturnbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/73.0694a_BB-poster-cowgirls.jpg” custom_padding=”150px||150px|” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#383e59″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” max_width=”960px” custom_margin=”||40px|0px” custom_padding=”27px|40px||10%” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”left” animation_intensity_slide=”2%” border_radii=”||6px|6px|” border_width_right=”30px” border_color_right=”#bdada0″ box_shadow_style=”preset3″ box_shadow_vertical=”35px” box_shadow_blur=”70px” box_shadow_spread=”-35px” box_shadow_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.6)” use_custom_width=”on” custom_width_px=”960px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding_tablet=”|||10%” custom_padding_last_edited=”off|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}” padding_tablet=”|||10%” padding_last_edited=”off|desktop” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Wild West Cowgirls” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_font=”Acme||||||||” header_font=”Abhaya Libre|700|||||||” header_font_size=”70px” header_line_height=”1.2em” header_4_font=”||||||||” background_layout=”dark” custom_margin=”|||” custom_padding=”|||” header_font_size_tablet=”40px” header_font_size_phone=”” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”70px||70px|” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#f4f4f4″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding_tablet=”40px|40px|40px|40px” custom_padding_phone=”40px|40px|40px|40px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}” padding_tablet=”40px|40px|40px|40px” padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” custom_padding__hover=”|||” padding_phone=”40px|40px|40px|40px”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Cowgirl Image” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_font=”Nunito|600|||||||” text_font_size=”15px” header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”80px” header_2_font=”Abhaya Libre|700|||||||” header_2_font_size=”64px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” header_4_font=”Nunito|700||on|||||” header_4_text_color=”#bda392″ header_4_letter_spacing=”2px” header_4_line_height=”1.8em” header_6_font=”Nunito|600|||||||” header_6_text_color=”#666666″ header_6_font_size=”18px” header_6_line_height=”1.4em” max_width=”600px” custom_margin=”||40px|” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”right” animation_intensity_slide=”5%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” header_font_size_tablet=”40px” header_font_size_phone=”” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” header_2_font_size_tablet=”40px” header_2_font_size_phone=”” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_font=”Nunito||||||||” text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”||||||||” max_width=”600px” custom_margin=”|||” custom_padding=”||10px|” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”right” animation_intensity_slide=”5%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “Cowgirls did not exist in the Old West. The term first appeared in the 1880s and was used to describe female performers in Wild West shows. In that era, women on horseback wore skirts and rode sidesaddle. For a woman to ride like a man astride a horse was considered sexually suggestive and highly improper.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2014John Beoessenecker, Wildcat: The Untold Story of Pearl Hart, the Wild West\u2019s Most Notorious Woman Bandit<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n When Buffalo Bill\u2019s Wild West visited Paris in the 1890s, his troupe of \u201cAmerican amazons\u201d was among the most thrilling attractions.<\/p>\n \u2014Mus\u00e9e de la Publicit\u00e9, Paris<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb image=”https:\/\/www.kayturnbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/73.0694a_BB-poster-cowgirls.jpg” alt=”Poster for Buffalo Bill Wild West ” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Annie Oakley was the first white woman hired by Buffalo Bill Cody to perform in a leading role in his show when she was hired in 1885. \u201cHer success at clearing a space in which she could perform was among the greatest accomplishments of her very accomplished career,\u201d writes Candace Savage in Cowgirls.<\/i> Annie herself wrote that \u201cIt was uphill work, for when I [began] there was a prejudice to live down.\u201d Within a year, Cody had added four more cowgirls to his company. A few years later his playbill boasted of a \u201cBevy of Beautiful Rancheras, genuine and famous frontier girls\u201d who were guaranteed to thrill with their \u201cfeats of daring equestrianism.\u201d<\/p>\n (Object ID# 73.0694a, snigle cowgirl: Object ID# 181, Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, Golden, Colorado) [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_font=”Nunito||||||||” text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”||||||||” max_width=”600px” custom_margin=”|||” custom_padding=”||10px|” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”right” animation_intensity_slide=”5%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “From the beginning, the cowgirl received worldwide attention for her sense of style.<\/p>\n \u201cHer attitude toward clothing revealed much about her character, layered as it was with contradictions and surprises. She was practical; she was professional; she was feminine, and in many cases as capable, daring, and\/or irresponsible as any cowboy.<\/p>\n \u201cSome of the most exotic costumes were worn in the Wild West shows and in rodeos between 1910 and 1930.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2014Elizabeth Clair Flood,Cowgirls: Women of the Wild West<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb image=”https:\/\/www.kayturnbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lulu-Parr.jpg” alt=”photo of Lulu Belle Parr in one of fancy outfits” admin_label=”Lulu” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]LuLu Belle Parr rode buffalo, wild steers, and bucking horses for Wild Wests. Her traditional fringed leather split riding skirt was decorated with Plains Indian-style beadwork, as were her vest, armbands, gauntlets, hatband, and her high-top laced boots in this photo from 1910-1915.<\/p>\n (Object ID# 152B, Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, Golden, Colorado) \u201cPrairie Rose was the queen of fashion in her chiffon, sequins and fur. She wore bloomers with a long matching overblouse trimmed in chiffon, sequins, and a wide band of marabou feathers. With this of course she wore matching stockings, a widebrimmed tall crowned western hat, boots, and spurs.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2014Fellow cowgirl Vera McGinnis<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb image=”https:\/\/www.kayturnbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Della-00105537.jpg” alt=”photo of Della Ferrell” admin_label=”Della” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Della Ferrell, a native of Colorado and one of the first cowgirls to perform with Buffalo Bill\u2019s Wild West, posed in front of a covered wagon at Earl\u2019s Court in England. Ferrell joined the show in 1887 as one of the \u201cWestern Girls.\u201d She was a trick rider and roper. She wears a wide-brimmed hat with tassles hanging from its rim. Similar tassles hang around the edges of her short coat.<\/p>\n (Denver Public Library Special Collections, NS-537) [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”fashion” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_font=”Nunito||||||||” text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”80px” header_2_font=”Abhaya Libre|700|||||||” header_2_font_size=”64px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” header_4_font=”Nunito|700||on|||||” header_4_text_color=”#bda392″ header_4_letter_spacing=”2px” header_4_line_height=”1.8em” header_6_font=”Nunito|600|||||||” header_6_text_color=”#666666″ header_6_font_size=”18px” header_6_line_height=”1.4em” max_width=”600px” custom_margin=”||40px|” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”right” animation_intensity_slide=”5%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” header_font_size_tablet=”40px” header_font_size_phone=”” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” header_2_font_size_tablet=”40px” header_2_font_size_phone=”” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]Through necessity, many of the Wild West cowgirls made their own clothes. In the beginning it was split skirts, covered with a panel in front for modesty. Gradually, they dropped the panel and added fringe, beadwork, and conchas to decorate their skirts.<\/p>\n More \u2018bling\u2019 on their costumes made them stand out in the arena. \u2014John Beoessenecker, Wildcat: The Untold Story of Pearl Hart, the Wild West\u2019s Most Notorious Woman Bandit<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] Chaps, which protected the legs and kept them warm in cold weather, could be woolly or flashy.<\/p>\n A cowgirl\u2019s gauntlets were often beaded, and her spurs highly decorated.<\/p>\n Tillie Baldwin was a hairdresser in Norway before coming to America and becoming a cowgirl. The self-made rodeo cowgirl expanded her repertoire by dressing like a gymnast and creating her own bloomer outfits. She roped, trick-rode, relay-raced, rode bucking broncos, and was one of the few cowgirls who could wrestle a steer.<\/p>\n \u201cMany a woman accentuated the romance that immediately enveloped her character with outfits sporting fringed skirts, inlaid boots, and colorful ribbons. The old-time cowgirl glowed with all the feminine pluck and impudence of Colette, mixed with a strength of character, all of which took root and blossomed in the western United States over the years spanning the emergence of the twentieth century.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2014Elizabeth Clair Flood, Cowgirls: Women of the Wild West<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Page Title Section- Goldie” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_direction=”90deg” background_color_gradient_stops=”#f4f4f4 50%|rgba(244,244,244,0) 80%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_color_gradient_start=”#f4f4f4″ background_color_gradient_start_position=”50%” background_color_gradient_end=”rgba(244,244,244,0)” background_color_gradient_end_position=”80%” background_image=”https:\/\/www.kayturnbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Goldie-Griffith_full-website-2.jpg” custom_padding=”150px||150px|” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”70px||70px|” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#f4f4f4″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding_tablet=”40px|40px|40px|40px” custom_padding_phone=”40px|40px|40px|40px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}” padding_tablet=”40px|40px|40px|40px” padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” custom_padding__hover=”|||” padding_phone=”40px|40px|40px|40px”][et_pb_text admin_label=”GOLDIE” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_font=”Nunito|600|||||||” text_font_size=”15px” header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”80px” header_2_font=”Abhaya Libre|700|||||||” header_2_font_size=”64px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” header_4_font=”Nunito|700||on|||||” header_4_text_color=”#bda392″ header_4_letter_spacing=”2px” header_4_line_height=”1.8em” header_6_font=”Nunito|600|||||||” header_6_text_color=”#666666″ header_6_font_size=”18px” header_6_line_height=”1.4em” max_width=”600px” custom_margin=”||40px|” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”right” animation_intensity_slide=”5%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” header_font_size_tablet=”40px” header_font_size_phone=”” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” header_2_font_size_tablet=”40px” header_2_font_size_phone=”” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Goldie Griffith” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_font=”Nunito||||||||” text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”80px” header_2_font=”Abhaya Libre|700|||||||” header_2_font_size=”64px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” header_4_font=”Nunito|700||on|||||” header_4_text_color=”#bda392″ header_4_letter_spacing=”2px” header_4_line_height=”1.8em” header_6_font=”Nunito|600|||||||” header_6_text_color=”#666666″ header_6_font_size=”18px” header_6_line_height=”1.4em” max_width=”600px” custom_margin=”||40px|” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”right” animation_intensity_slide=”5%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” header_font_size_tablet=”40px” header_font_size_phone=”” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” header_2_font_size_tablet=”40px” header_2_font_size_phone=”” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n ( 1893-1976)<\/p>\n Goldie Griffith was one of the first professional female athletes in the United States. She wrestled, fenced, and boxed, and when she found out that cowgirls made more money she became a trick rider and bronco buster. She also performed as an actor and a stunt rider for the brand-new western movies that were taking the country by storm.<\/p>\n She was married during a Buffalo Bill Wild West at Madison Sqiuare Garden with a crowd of 8,000 in attendance. A few years later, she pulled out her show gun, aimed at at her husband, and squeezed the trigger.<\/p>\n After Goldie retired from performing in Wild West shows she worked on a ranch near Nederland, Colorado, with her second husband. During the Great Depression she moved into town where she trained dogs for the war and ran boarding houses and restaurants. <\/p>\n \u2014Kay Turnbaugh, The Last of the Wild West Cowgirls<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb image=”https:\/\/www.kayturnbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Goldie-Griffith-wedding.jpg” alt=”Goldie Griffith’s Wedding at Madison Square Gardens” admin_label=”Wedding” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The day before her wedding, Goldie was thrown from her horse into the stands and was taken to the hospital. This photograph shows the groom (left), Goldie, her maid of honor, and Pawnee Bill.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb image=”https:\/\/www.kayturnbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1916-circus-rider-shoots-at-husband.jpg” alt=”Newspaper article with headline ‘Regrets She Did Not Kill Husband'” admin_label=”Regrets” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Goldie entertained visitors and reporters with her life stories from her jail cell in Denver after she tried to kill her husband.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb image=”https:\/\/www.kayturnbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Goldie-at-Pantages-Theater-e1753477981104.jpg” alt=”Goldie posed in front of billboard for Vaudeville show” admin_label=”Pantages” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n In 1914, Goldie joined Lucille Mulhall’s vaudeville show. Lucille Mulhall was arguably the most famous cowgirl of the time.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Quote Section” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_color=”#383e59″ background_image=”https:\/\/www.kayturnbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pages-divider.png” background_size=”contain” background_position=”top_center” custom_padding=”130px||130px|” top_divider_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.3)” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_blurb use_icon=”on” font_icon=”{||divi||400″ icon_color=”#ffffff” content_max_width=”800px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ body_font=”Abhaya Libre|700|on||||||” body_font_size=”22px” body_line_height=”1.5em” text_orientation=”center” background_layout=”dark” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “The emancipation of women may have begun not with the vote, nor in the cities where women marched and carried signs and protested, but rather when they mounted a good cowhorse and realized how different and fine the view… From the back of a horse, the world looked wider.”<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_font=”||||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_4_font=”Nunito|700||on|||||” header_4_letter_spacing=”2px” text_orientation=”center” background_layout=”dark” custom_padding=”45px|||” animation_style=”fade” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ 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Exhibit at the Library of Zeeland in Middelburg, The Netherlands, September 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nCowgirls<\/h1>\n
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West<\/h4>\n
The Cowgirl Image<\/h2>\n
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Cowgirl Style<\/h2>\n
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Fashion and Function<\/h2>\n
\nThey began wearing high-peaked hats with sombrero-sized brims, bright satin shirts with enormous neckerchiefs and high-topped, high-heeled boots embellished with elaborate stitching and artistic inlays. They used fancy embroidery, overlays, and beaded fringe. They decorated their hatbands, their buckskin vests, belts, buckles, spurs, and gauntlets (gloves).
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<\/p>\nTHE COWGIRL ATHLETE<\/h4>\n
Goldie Griffith<\/h2>\n
– Joyce Gibson Roach<\/h4>\n
SEE MORE FROM THE EXHIBIT: \u00a0Bandit Queens >><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>Sharpshooters>><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
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Read about Goldie Griffith<\/p>\n
\non Cowgirl Cocktail<\/strong><\/a>
\nfor more Wild West history<\/p>\n![\"QR](\"https:\/\/www.kayturnbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/qr-code.png\")
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