(Also see Famous Western (Cowboy) Characters, and Famous Western (Cowboy) Actors
("Cowboy" is not sex specific, just like highboy, busboy, bellboy, paperboy, etc.)
 
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Women of the Old West sorted by Popular Name
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 | Annie Oakley Birth Name: Phoebe Ann Oakley Moses • Sharpshooter and exhibition shooter; starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show Born: 1860, August 13 → Died: 1926, November 3 Age: 66y 6m 3d → Cause of death: pernicious anemia |
 | Augusta Tabor Birth Name: Augusta Pierce Tabor • The first white woman to live in the Idaho Springs mining camp, a Denver philanthropist, and first wife of merchant/miner Horace Tabor. Born: 1833, March 29 → Died: 1895, January 30 Age: 71y 10m 01d → Cause of death: unknown |
 | Baby Doe Tabor Birth Name: Elizabeth McCourt Tabor • The second wife Horace Tabor, her rags-to-riches and back to rags again story made her a well-known figure in her own day, and inspired an opera, The Ballad of Baby Doe and a Hollywood movie, Silver Dollar, based on her life. Born: 1854, September ? → Died: 1935, March 07 Age: 70y 06m ?d → Cause of death: froze to death |
 | Belle Starr Birth Name: Myra Belle Shirley Reed Starr (The Bandit Queen) • Rustling, horse stealing, bootlegging whiskey Born: 1848, February 5 → Died: 1889, February 3 Age: 40y 11m 29d → Cause of death: shot in an ambush |
 | Big Nose Kate Birth Name: Kate Horony • Hungarian-born American prostitute and longtime companion and common-law wife of Old West gunfighter Doc Holliday. Born: 1849, November 9 → Died: 1940, November 02 Age: 90y 11m 23d → Cause of death: acute myocardial insufficiency |
 | Calamity Jane Birth Name: Martha Jane Cannary • Sharpshooter, prospector, rowdy prostitute, gambler, heavy drinker Born: 1852, May 1 → Died: 1903, August 1 Age: 51y 3m 0d → Cause of death: alcoholism |
 | Charley Parkhurst Birth Name: Charlotte Darkey Parkhurst (One-Eyed Charley) • American woman stagecoach driver, farmer and rancher, thought by all to be a man Born: 1812, ? ? → Died: 1879, December 18 Age: 67y ?m ?d → Cause of death: cancer, tongue |
 | Connie Douglas Reeves Birth Name: Connie Douglas • Cowgirl who taught thousands of girls how to ride horses at Texas's Camp Waldemar Born: 1901, September 26 → Died: 2003, August 17 Age: 101y 10m 22d → Cause of death: accident, thrown from a horse |
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 | Eleanor Dumont Birth Name: Eleanor Dumont • A notorious gambler on the American Western Frontier, especially during the California Gold Rush; also known as "Madame Moustache" because of dark hair above her upper lip. (See moustache image) Born: 1829, ? ? → Died: 1879, September 8 Age: 50y ?m ?d → Cause of death: an overdose of morphine, apparently a suicide |
 | Ella Watson Birth Name: Ellen Liddy Watson ("Cattle Kate") • Pioneer of Wyoming, accused of cattle rustling by powerful cattlemen Born: 1861, July 2 → Died: 1889, July 20 Age: 28y 0m 18d → Cause of death: hanged by irate cattle men |
 | Florence "Flores" LaDue Birth Name: Florence "Flores" LaDue • Champion trick roper and vaudeville performer Born: 1883, ? ? → Died: 1951, ? ? Age: 68y ?m ?d → Cause of death: heart failure |
 | Helen Gibson Birth Name: Helen Gibson • Actress, vaudeville performer, trick rider and rodeo performer, and is the first professional stunt woman for film Born: 1892, August 27 → Died: 1977, October 10 Age: 85y 1m 13d → Cause of death: heart failure |
 | Kitty Canutt Birth Name: Katherine Derre • Bronco rider, known as "Diamond Kitty" Born: 1899, July 15 → Died: 1988, June 3 Age: 88y 10m 19d → Cause of death: heart attack |
 | Kitty Leroy Birth Name: Kitty Leroy • Dancer, gambler, saloon owner, madam, and trick shooter Born: 1850, ? ? → Died: 1877, December 6 Age: 27y ?m ?d → Cause of death: shot by jealous husband |
 | Laura Bullion Birth Name: Laura Bullion • She was a member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang. In 1901, she was convicted of robbery and sentenced to five years in prison for her role in the Great Northern train robbery. Born: 1876, October ? → Died: 1961, December 2 Age: 85y 2m ?d → Cause of death: heart disease |
 | Lillian Smith Birth Name: Lillian Frances Smith • Billed as "the champion California huntress" she was a young trick shooter and rider who joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1886 Born: 1871, August 4 → Died: 1930, February 3 Age: 58y 4m 29d → Cause of death: unknown |
 | Lottie Deno Birth Name: Lottie Deno (Born Carlotta J. Thompkins) • A famous gambler in Texas and New Mexico during the 19th century known for her poker skills. Born: 1844, April 21 → Died: 1934, February 09 Age: 89y 09m 17d → Cause of death: old age |
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 | Lucille Mulhall Birth Name: Lucille Mulhall • One of the first women to compete with men in roping and riding events Born: 1885, October 21 → Died: 1940, December 21 Age: 55y 2m ?d → Cause of death: accident, automobile |
 | Maria Gertrudis Barceló Birth Name: Maria Gertrudis Barceló (commonly known as "La Tules") • A successful saloon owner and master gambler in the Territory of New Mexico in the late 19th century. Born: 1800, ? ? → Died: 1852, January 17 Age: 51y ?m ?d → Cause of death: unknown |
 | Mary Fields Birth Name: Mary Fields • Mail carrier, driving a mail route by stagecoach in Montana Born: 1832, ? ? → Died: 1914, ? ? Age: 82y ?m ?d → Cause of death: liver failure |
 | Mattie Silks or Martha Ready Birth Name: Mattie Silks (“Queen of Denver’s Red Light District”) • A prostitute, leading madam and brothel keeper in the late 19th century Born: 1846, ? ? → Died: 1929, January 07 Age: 82y ?m ?d → Cause of death: fall injuries |
 | Pearl Hart Birth Name: Pearl Taylor (aka Talo Halo, "Bandit Queen", "Lady Bandit", Pearl Taylor Hart, Pearl Bywater) • Committed last recorded stagecoach robbery in the United States by a female. After being caught and tried, she famously said, "She would never consent to be tried under a law she or her sex had no voice in making." Born: 1871, April 16 → Died: 1952, December 30 Age: 84y 08m 14d → Cause of death: old age, possibly |
 | Polly Bemis Birth Name: Polly Bemis • A Chinese American pioneer who lived in Idaho. She took in laundry from miners and ran a boarding house. Her story became a biographical novel, and was the subject of the 1991 film Thousand Pieces of Gold. Born: 1853, September 11 → Died: 1933, November 6 Age: 80y 01m 25d → Cause of death: myocarditis |
 | Ruth Roach Birth Name: Ruth Scantlin • Professional bronco rider, and world champion rodeo performer Born: 1896, ? ? → Died: 1986, June 26 Age: 90y ?m ?d → Cause of death: old age |
 | Vera McGinnis Birth Name: Vera McGinnis • Champion American rodeo rider Born: 1892, November 12 → Died: 1990, October 23 Age: 97y 11m 11d → Cause of death: old age |
Footnotes Note 1: Dalton brothers gang included George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb, "Blackfaced" Charlie Bryant, Bill Doolin, Dick Broadwell, and Bill Powers. Note 2: The Younger gang included Clell Miller, Arthur McCoy, Charlie Pitts, John Jarrette,and Bill Chadwell. — Not included are eastern pioneers, such as Daniel Boone, because they belong to, shall we say, the Old East. |
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First popular name on each page
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| 1. | Annie Oakley (Moses) |
| 2. | Eleanor Dumont (Dumont) |
| 3. | Lucille Mulhall (Mulhall) |
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Sorted by popular name
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| 1. | Annie Oakley (Moses) |
| 2. | Augusta Tabor (Tabor) |
| 3. | Baby Doe Tabor (Tabor) |
| 4. | Belle Starr (Starr) |
| 5. | Big Nose Kate (Horony) |
| 6. | Calamity Jane (Cannary) |
| 7. | Charley Parkhurst (Parkhurst) |
| 8. | Connie Douglas Reeves (Douglas) |
| 9. | Eleanor Dumont (Dumont) |
| 10. | Ella Watson (Watson) |
| 11. | Florence "Flores" LaDue (LaDue) |
| 12. | Helen Gibson (Gibson) |
| 13. | Kitty Canutt (Derre) |
| 14. | Kitty Leroy (Leroy) |
| 15. | Laura Bullion (Bullion) |
| 16. | Lillian Smith (Smith) |
| 17. | Lottie Deno (Deno) |
| 18. | Lucille Mulhall (Mulhall) |
| 19. | Maria Gertrudis Barceló (Barceló) |
| 20. | Mary Fields (Fields) |
| 21. | Mattie Silks or Martha Ready (Silks) |
| 22. | Pearl Hart (Taylor) |
| 23. | Polly Bemis (Bemis) |
| 24. | Ruth Roach (Scantlin) |
| 25. | Vera McGinnis (McGinnis) |
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