Girls of the Golden West:  Then & Now

True Girl of the Golden West:

Sarah Ann Robinson
Left Westport Kansas on May 6, 1849 and arrived at the Feather River, California on September 9, 1849.
Rode horseback most of the way, at age 19.
My 3x great aunt.

Gibson Girl of the Golden West:

Stella Elizabeth Sharkey
On horseback in Humbug Valley near Lassen Trail, 1915
My grandmother.

For comparison purposes....

Modern Girls of the Golden West:

Leslie Larson & Arlene Frost
Cowboy Corral Cafe, Elsinore Utah