Lucille Mulhall

Author : Cynthia K. Rhodes
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781609762322

Get Book

Lucille Mulhall by Cynthia K. Rhodes Pdf

Before the turn of the twentieth century, most women would not dream of engaging in "men's work." Women were expected to ride sidesaddle, wear skirts, and most women did not race their pony like lightning after a prairie wolf. Regardless of society's rules, these were the things Lucille Mulhall loved. Growing up on her family's ranch in Oklahoma, she learned to do cowboy chores: rope, train horses, and brand cattle-and she did it better than most men. Recognizing his daughter's natural talent, Colonel Zack Mulhall encouraged Lucille to enter the world of show business. From steer roping competitions to vaudeville acts to Wild West shows, Lucille entertained enthusiastic crowds. Her skill and perfect sense of timing, as well as her small stature and feminine demeanor, made her an audience favorite. Heralded by Will Rogers as America's first "cowgirl," Lucille Mulhall became an inspiration for women everywhere. About the Author: Cynthia Kay Rhodes is a writer and illustrator who discovered a passion in writing biographies for children. Between Two Worlds: The Legend Of Quanah Parker, her first book, focused on the life of the renowned Comanche chief. With Lucille Mulhall: An Athlete Of Her Time, she wanted to present the true story of a remarkable woman, which also focused on her two favorite interests: horses and the Wild West.

Author : Richard W. Etulain
Publisher : Fulcrum Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN : 1555912958

Get Book

Wild Women Of The Old West by Richard W. Etulain Pdf

Author : Joel H. Bernstein
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1586857452

Get Book

Wild Ride by Joel H. Bernstein Pdf

"Rodeos" presents a fascinating history of this Western American institution,rom its rugged beginnings on the ranch to today's very lucrativerofessional circuits. This book captures the mystique of the cowboy and hislace in Western folklore, from the early days when groups of cowboys fromeighboring ranches met to settle arguments over who was the best aterforming ranching tasks to the multi-million dollar prizes and endorsementswarded to professionals today. Experience first-hand the energy, electricity,nd exhilaration of the rodeo through stunning colour photography andintage illustrations that tell the stories of these courageous and athleticodeo characters, and highlights of important moments throughout rodeoistory.

Author : Mary Lou LeCompte
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0252068742

Get Book

Cowgirls of the Rodeo by Mary Lou LeCompte Pdf

In this first substantial study of rodeo women, Mary Lou Lecompte surveys the early rodeo cowgirls' achievements as professional athletes, the near demise of women's rodeo events during World War II, and the phenomenal success of the Women's Professional Rodeo Association in regaining lost ground for rodeo cowgirls. Recalling an extraordinary chapter in women's history as well as the history of American sport, Cowgirls of the Rodeo contributes to a deeper understanding of the challenges facing women in the American West and in American sport.

Author : Richard Irving Dodge,Will Rogers
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0806132671

Get Book

The Indian Territory Journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge by Richard Irving Dodge,Will Rogers Pdf

"These journals also provide insight into Dodge's character, with reports of his official duties as a military man and of several landmark events in his family life. Extensive commentaries and notes by Wayne R. Kime provide further detail, including a history of Cantonment North Fork Canadian River, a six-company post Dodge established and commanded in the region."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Will Rogers
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1995-11-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0806127457

Get Book

The Papers of Will Rogers: The early years, November 1879-April 1904 by Will Rogers Pdf

Horses, friends, ragtime music, and steer roping-those were the interests of the youthful Will Rogers as he came of age in the Indian Territory and traveled to the Southern Hemisphere in this first of six definitive volumes of The Papers of Will Rogers. By separating fact from legend and unveiling new knowledge via extensive archival research, this documentary history represents a unique contribution to Rogers scholarship and to studies of the Cherokee Nation West. Using many previously unpublished letters and photographs-together with introductions, notes, and biographies of his friends and relatives-volume one illuminates Rogers’s complex relationship with his father, his Cherokee heritage, his early education, first encounters with his future wife, Betty Blake, his voyage to Argentina, and his fledging years in Wild West shows and circuses in South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia. Coorespondence, performance reviews, and rare newspaper documents spotlight the singular experiences that shaped the young Rogers within the context of his family, his ethnic background, and historical events. No other book describes so provocatively and authentically the genesis of America’s most beloved and influential humorist.

Author : Jeffrey B. Schmidt
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806194493

Get Book

Here Today by Jeffrey B. Schmidt Pdf

The history of Oklahoma runs through the thousands of towns that sprang up in the wake of statehood and even before then—readable in the traces of bygone days, if you know what to look for. In Here Today, Jeffrey B. Schmidt conducts readers, armchair travelers and adventurers alike, through places that tell Oklahoma’s story: towns all but disappeared, waning, or persisting despite the odds. Part travelogue, part field guide, part history, the book—replete with photos, maps, and GPS coordinates—documents the rise and fall of one hundred of these towns, from the arrival of pioneers and settlers to the rise of buildings and businesses to the decline that came with natural disasters, manmade crises, and cultural change. Schmidt provides an enlightening look at what has made these towns work—the role of roads and railways, public schools and churches, community building and commerce, and, perhaps most significant, the official recognition that a post office conferred. He notes the oil strikes, coal mines, intriguing crimes, violent weather, and twists of fortune that played into the fate of each; points out the landmarks that still stand and the shadows of those that have succumbed to indifference, destruction, or the passage of time; and puts the story these towns tell into the larger context of westward expansion, Native American history, and, in the case of the many all-Black towns, discrimination and segregation. Whether visiting ghost towns or small towns that still draw on the power of rural resilience to survive and even thrive, Here Today offers a rare chance to travel through the state’s history before its remnants may be gone tomorrow. Representing the extraordinary extent of Schmidt’s research, legwork, and mining of archives and data sources, the book preserves for all time a vanishing vision of Oklahoma.

Author : Betty Bolte
Publisher : ePublishing Works!
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781614173601

Get Book

Hometown Heroines (True Stories of Bravery, Daring & Adventure) by Betty Bolte Pdf

During the 1800s, daring and courageous girls across America left their unique mark on history. Milly Cooper galloped 9 miles through hostile Indian Territory to summon help when Fort Cooper was under attack. Belle Boyd risked her life spying for the Rebels during the Civil War. Kate Shelly, when she was 15, crawled across a nearly washed-out railroad bridge during a ferocious thunderstorm to warn the next train. Lucille Mulhall, age 14, outperformed cowboys to become the World’s First Famous Cowgirl. These are just a few of the inspiring true stories inside Hometown Heroines—American Girls who faced danger and adversity and made a difference in their world. AWARDS: Winner, Children's Literary Classics' Seal of Approval

Author : Will Rogers,Steven K. Gragert,M. Jane Johansson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0806133155

Get Book

The Papers of Will Rogers: From vaudeville to Broadway : September 1908-August 1915 by Will Rogers,Steven K. Gragert,M. Jane Johansson Pdf

This third volume of The Papers of Will Rogers documents the evolution of Rogers's vaudeville career as well as the newlywed life of Will and Betty Blake Rogers and the birth of their children. During these years, the Rogerses moved to New York City, and after many years of performing with Buck McKee and horse Teddy, Rogers began a solo act in vaudeville as a talking, roping cowboy. He appeared on the same playbill with such performers as Fred Stone, Eddie Cantor, and Houdini, and his stage career expanded to include an appearance in the Broadway musical comedy "The Wall Street Girl." Volume Three ends with Rogers's successful transition from vaudeville to Broadway, on the brink of his breakthrough as a star of the Ziegfeld Follies.

Author : Susan Kates
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806150598

Get Book

Red Dirt Women by Susan Kates Pdf

For many people who have never spent time in the state, Oklahoma conjures up a series of stereotypes: rugged cowboys, tipi-dwelling American Indians, uneducated farmers. When women are pictured at all, they seem frozen in time: as the bonneted pioneer woman stoically enduring hardship or the bedraggled, gaunt-faced mother familiar from Dust Bowl photographs. In Red Dirt Women, Susan Kates challenges these one-dimensional characterizations by exploring—and celebrating—the lives of contemporary Oklahoma women whose experiences are anything but predictable. In essays both intensely personal and universal, Red Dirt Women reveals the author’s own heartaches and joys in becoming a parent through adoption, her love of regional treasures found in “junk” stores, and her deep appreciation of Miss Dorrie, her son’s unconventional preschool teacher. Through lively profiles, interviews, and sketches, we come to know pioneer queens from the Panhandle, rodeo riders, casino gamblers, roller-derby skaters, and the “Lady of Jade”—a former “boat person” from Vietnam who now owns a successful business in Oklahoma City. As she illuminates the lives of these memorable Oklahoma women, Kates traces her own journey to Oklahoma with clarity and insight. Born and raised in Ohio, she confesses an initial apprehension about her adopted home, admitting that she felt “vulnerable on the open lands.” Yet her original unease develops into a deep affection for the landscape, history, culture, and people of Oklahoma. The women we meet in Red Dirt Women are not politicians, governors’ wives, or celebrities—they are women of all ages and backgrounds who surround us every day and who are as diverse as Oklahoma itself.

Author : Clifford P. Westermeier
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005-06-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0803298439

Get Book

Man, Beast, Dust by Clifford P. Westermeier Pdf

Traces the history of the rodeo and describes rodeos in small towns and big cities

Author : Tracey Hanshew
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781439669037

Get Book

Oklahoma Rodeo Women by Tracey Hanshew Pdf

Oklahoma's central location and ranching tradition gave it a unique connection to the rodeo industry as it grew from a local pastime to an internationally popular sport. From the very beginning, Oklahoma cowgirls played a significant role in developing the institution and the businesses that grew up in its shadow. Lucille Mulhall's pioneering roping carved out a place for women in the actual competition, while Mildred Chrisman's promotional efforts kept rodeo chutes open during the Great Depression. Modern ranchers like Terry Stuart produced the quarter horses sought by professional athletes around the world. From Guymon to Pawhuska and from stock contractors to rodeo clowns, Tracey Hanshew follows the trail that Oklahoma women blazed across this rough-and-tumble sport.

Author : Sylvia Branzei
Publisher : Running Press
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-25
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780762443840

Get Book

Rebel in a Dress: Cowgirls by Sylvia Branzei Pdf

For the rebel in every girl's heart, this series presents the achievements of extraordinary, relevant, and inspiring women throughout history. Through quotes, narratives, photographs, illustrations, and fact-filled side-bars, each book tells the story of twelve bold and courageous women. The Wild West and the rodeo are not the only places where the cowgirl spirit can be found. From the sharpshooting Annie Oakley to the legendary Calamity Jane, these female cowgirls came from all walks of life, but share an irrepressible spirit and dedication to pushing the boundaries. Featured cowgirls include Georgie Sicking (cowboy poet), Charley Parkhurst (stagecoach driver), Tillie Baldwin (rodeo cowgirl), Tad Lucas (rodeo's First Lady), Lucille Mulhall (steer roper), Charmayne James (barrel racer), Lillian Riggs (rancher), Sally Skull (horse trader), Johanna July (horse tamer), and Mary Fields (pioneer and mail driver).

Author : Jess Bowers
Publisher : Santa Fe Writers Project
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781951631321

Get Book

Horse Show by Jess Bowers Pdf

From the tale of Lady, the mare who read a Duke University psychologist' s mind, to television palomino Mr. Ed' s hypnotic hold over Wilbur Post, the thirteen tales in Horse Show explore how humans have used, abused, and spectacularized their equine companions throughout American history. Wrestling with themes of obsolescence, grief, and nostalgia, Bowers guides us through her museum of equine esoterica with arresting imagery, unflinching intensity, and dark humor.

Author : Leland Wilson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-22
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781365754982

Get Book

Between the Covers, A Revue of Books Related to Will Rogers by Leland Wilson Pdf

"Between the Covers, A Revue of Books Related to Will Rogers" is a bibliography of more than one thousand Rogers-related books including a summary and/or description of each book. This compilation covers works by Rogers, anthologies of articles about him, books concerning other individuals but which mention him, reference works, and even books on cooking and art. Users of this comprehensive work can turn to sections focused on the several identifications of the man: Native American, radio commentator, film actor, writer, aviation enthusiast, public speaker, stage performer, humorist, and philosopher.