Teta Martin, an 81 year old cowgirl from Arizona. She has been on cattle drives every spring and fall, for many years. Teta is the wife and helper of Bill Martin. She and Bill were married in 1943. They live on and manage the Martin Cattle Ranch, that has been in their family since 1907. Bill was the FIRST REAL cowboy to be inducted into the COWBOY HALL OF FAME in OK.  Teta works as hard as any man that Bill ever hired.  Many times, Teta and horse Coyote, were sent off alone to "round up" the momma cows and the new calves that were hiding in the canyons and draws. Teta took a class to legally carry a firearm. She has her bulls eye target hanging on her livingroom wall. Teta will always be the first real cowgirl I know.  I took these photos of Teta when we were invited to go on a roundup. She is riding a quarter horse, but one of her favorite horse's was a Coyote, a Desert Dun Horse. She always said that he was the best riding horse she ever owned.

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Kay Bumguardner, Saddle Iron Ranch, Colorado

Kay Bumguardner ranch woman in Colorado at Saddle Iron Ranch. A few words from Kay... "My passions include not only my ranch, but also livestock and equine photography.  Kay won the extremely prestigious and competitive Quarter Horse Journal Cover Photo Contest, against over 500 entries! Kay raises Maine-Anjou Cattle and Texas Longhorn Cattle. Buying cattle is how we met Kay. We both purchased cattle from Dickinson Longhorns. We both waiting for a truck to come out west to get our longhorns. After a zillion emails between us, we were able to meet Kay at her ranch. Lucky for us, Kay was able to meet the truck in Denver. Kay and her 3 dogs were recently featured on the Rachael Ray Food Network Special presentation in March 2008, about Feeding your Pets.