#pioneerwomen

Jul 12, 20223 min

Wyatt Earp and Josey Marcus--An Affair of Love and Blood

by Heather Frey Blanton The point of my blog is to remind my American sisters (whether they be American by birth or spirit), of our fiery...

Mar 17, 20142 min

Beware The Sting of a Patriot Woman’s Pen

Jan 27, 20143 min

Queen of the Klondike…A Great Ride While it Lasted

Jan 23, 20132 min

Molly Pitcher or Just Mary Hays? A Rose by Any Other Name…

by Heather Frey Blanton Elementary students around the country often get their first dose of female patriots through the legendary...

Nov 13, 20122 min

Sweet Revenge — How Susan McSween Really Won the Lincoln County War

by Heather Frey Blanton Imagine you’re a woman living in a western town where a war over money and power is raging. People are being...

Oct 22, 20123 min

From Lace to Leather–Nannie Alderson's Bittersweet Montana Life

More than a decade ago, I read A Bride Goes West, the memoirs of Wyoming wife and rancher Nannie Alderson. The book haunts me to this...

Oct 8, 20123 min

Pretty Polly, A Proverbs 31 Woman Who Won the West?

Photos of Joseph Lane abound; not so with Polly. Even the headstone only gives her credit for being his wife. Notice it doesn’t say...

Sep 17, 20122 min

Meet “War Woman” — Why Even the Indians Were Afraid of Her

As I research patriot and pioneer women, I am constantly confounded and humbled by their grit. Folks, we truly have no idea how feisty...