Caroline Lockhart
Caroline Cameron Lockhart (1871–1962) was an American journalist, author, newspaper publisher, rodeo promoter and rancher. Along with
Biography
Caroline Lockhart was born in
A failed actress, she became a reporter for
Lockhart became a big promoter of the western way of life in general and of Cody, WY, in particular. From 1920 to 1925, she owned the newspaper Park County Enterprise, and it was renamed the Cody Enterprise in 1921.[1][2] From 1920 to 1926, she helped found and then served as President of the board of the Cody Stampede, an annual rodeo.[1][2] Lockhart and her colleagues saw the national and international reputation of Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody) as an asset and worked to connect the town to him and to keep alive his reputation as popular western figure.
In 1926, she bought a ranch in Dryhead, Montana, now part of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area where she lived until 1950.[1][2][4] She still spent her winters in Cody, where she eventually retired.[1][2] She died on July 25, 1962.[1] The Caroline Lockhart Ranch was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 and its structures were restored by the National Park Service.[5][6] In 2018, the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame inducted her.[7]
Bibliography
Novels
- Me-Smith (1911)
- The Lady Doc (1912)
- The Full of the Moon (1914)
- The Man From Bitter Roots (1915)
- The Fighting Shepherdess (1919)
- The Dude Wrangler (1921)
- The Old West and the New (1933)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n University of Wyoming American Heritage Center biography Archived August 4, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. See also "Caroline Lockhart: Cody's Wild West Woman". Discover History. Retrieved January 7, 2023., sponsored by the American Heritage Center.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j . U.S. National Park Service biography
- ^ a b c d e John Clayton, 'The Old West's Female Champion: Caroline Lockhart and Wyoming's Cowboy Heritage', Wyoming State Historical Society [1]
- ^ National Park Service, Lockart Ranch
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Caroline Lockhart Ranch". Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area. National Park Service. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ^ "Caroline Lockhart". Cowgirl Hall of Fame & Museum. Retrieved January 5, 2019. and "Caroline Lockhart Elected to the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame". Discover History. Retrieved January 7, 2023., sponsored by the American Heritage Center.
Secondary sources
- Hicks, Lucille Patrick. Caroline Lockhart: Liberated Lady (Pioneer Printing, 1984)
- Yates, Norris. Caroline Lockhart (Boise State University Western Writers Series, 1994)
- Furman, Necah Stewart. Caroline Lockhart: Her Life and Legacy (University of Washington Press, 1994)
- Nicholas, Liza. Becoming Western: Stories of Culture And Identity in the Cowboy State (University of Nebraska Press, 2006)
- Clayton, John. The Cowboy Girl: The Life of Caroline Lockhart (University of Nebraska Press, 2007)
External links
- Works by Caroline Lockhart at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Caroline Lockhart at Internet Archive
- Works by Caroline Lockhart at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Caroline Lockhart Ranch, 1981 profile of Caroline Lockhart by Mary Shivers Culpin for the National Park Service
- Caroline Lockhart papers are archived at the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.