Lucille Mulhall was a well known cowgirl

Cowboy

A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico and became a figure of...

 and Wild West performer. She was raised on her family's Mulhall Ranch in Oklahoma Territory

Oklahoma Territory

The Territory of Oklahoma was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 2, 1890, until November 16, 1907, when it was joined with the Indian Territory under a new constitution and admitted to the Union as the State of Oklahoma.-Organization:Oklahoma Territory's...

, near what is now Mulhall, Oklahoma

Mulhall, Oklahoma

Mulhall is a town in Logan and Payne counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 239 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

. Known as Rodeo Queen, Queen of the Western Prairie, and Queen of the Saddle (among many other appellations), she performed in many rodeo

Rodeo

Rodeo is a competitive sport which arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later the United States, Canada, South America and Australia. It was based on the skills required of the working vaqueros and later, cowboys, in what today is the western United States,...

 and Wild West shows throughout her career. According to Will Rogers

Will Rogers

William "Will" Penn Adair Rogers was an American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, film actor, and one of the world's best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s....

, the term "cowgirl" was not used until it was used to describe her. She died, in an automobile accident less than a mile from the Mulhall Ranch.

External links

• Cowgirl Hall of Fame entry on Lucy Mulhall