Sit back and read about Goldie Griffith, truly The Last of the Wild West Cowgirls.
Goldie did it all. The cowgirl and lady bronc rider rode with Buffalo Bill and was married during a Wild West show to a cowboy she later tried to kill. A newspaper reporter referred to the pretty young bronco buster as a "Heller in Skirts."
She was one of the first professional female athletes. She danced. She boxed. She wrestled. She worked as an actor and stunt rider in early westerns.
She was present at many significant early day western events and knew many of the people who helped the American west become important to our history.
After her bronco busting days, she became a rancher and restaurant owner.
This biography of Goldie Griffith is a 2010 WILLA Literary Award winner for creative non-fiction.
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