Yeeeeehaw!
Grab your chaps and adjust those spurs, ladies -- the National Cowgirl
Museum and Hall of Fame is now open in the cultural district of Fort
Worth, Texas.
Begun
in the Texas panhandle town of Hereford in 1975, The National Cowgirl
Museum & Hall of Fame is the only museum in the world dedicated
to honoring and documenting the lives of women who have distinguished
themselves while exemplifying the pioneer spirit of the American West.
Now the museum is housed in a new $21 million, 33,000-square-foot
(2,970-square-meter) building, which opened June 9 to the public.
In
an effort to increase the museum's visibility, it was moved to Fort
Worth in 1994. It now has 158 inspiring Hall of Fame honorees, ranging
from cowgirls and ranch women, to writers and entertainers.
According
to the museum's website, "The women who are inducted into the
National Cowgirl Museum & Hall Of Fame are women of spirit, courage
and leadership. Great Women who have carved a path or paved the road
for all women in many different walks of life."
Click
here
for more information.
