Dive into the Cowboy Carter Chronicles to discover the remarkable tales of Black women who defied the odds and shaped history on the frontier. DAUGHTER and JOLENE on ...

Introduction: Sinful cities, 1863-1919 -- Prologue: Madeleine : a self-made woman, 1894 -- The summer women of Helena, 1867 -- Butte, the black heart of Montana, 1877 -- Miles City and the Wild West, ...

One of our most important founders in the rugged Panhandle was reportedly the only woman on the vast JA Ranch, established by her husband, Charles Goodnight along with John Adair in 1877. Born Mary ...

The poker game was fixed — that’s the story anyway. An out-of-work miner got “caught gambling crooked,” so the dealer pulled a pistol and emptied six bullets into the man, so says the 1915 coroner’s ...