Kiowa County Public Library District

Twenty-eight oral histories of American women together with photographs and a historical overview create a portrait of the cowgirl.

Grandpa teaches Sally how to trail range cattle. But she has to learn from her horse how to read between the lines.

Denver reporter, Dale Chapman arrives at the ranch to do a story on ranch life, but get a lot more than he bargained for.

Sixteen-year-old Clint signs on at the ranch during bronc-breaking time; but when an old gray horse throws him, Clint is determined not to let the animal win.

Casey describes her life on a Texas ranch with her parents, dogs, horses, and cows.

In this retelling of "The Frog Prince," a spunky cowgirl loses her new sombrero and is helped by a horned toad on the understanding that she will do three small favors for him.

Katie's dad surprises her with a trip to a ranch where she can ride a real horse.

She was born on an Oklahoma ranch, where her father taught her to rope and ride. Filled with daydreams of joining Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, Tommy Jo Burns knew she was destined for greatness as a famous trick roper. At fourteen, she so impressed President Theodore Roosevelt that he dubbed her America's first cowgirl. But this auspicious beginning forced the hardest choice, leaving her parents and sheltered ranch life to create her own family...

Born to be a cowgirl, city-dweller Hannah Mae O'Hannigan gets a pony for the backyard and practices herding hamsters before proving her worth on her Uncle Coot's ranch out West.