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[Photograph 2012.201.B0425B.0092]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "He taught her-"its the most terrible thing that ever happened to me" chocked Lucille Mulhall famed cowgirl, at the news of the tragic death of Will Rogers."
Date: August 17, 1935
Creator: Oklahoma Publishing Company
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0425B.0094]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "While women had been part of Wild West shows since their inception, most notably as sharpshooters, it was a slender sturdy Oklahoma lass who earned the little " The First Cowgirl." Lucillle Mulhall was about 75 years ahead of her time in that she competed against men - often winning - in the rough sports of ridding and roping."
Date: November 15, 1987
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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