Fern Sawyer

From the exhibition:
Ranch Women of New Mexico

New Mexico History Museum

Legendary rodeo cowgirl, Fern Sawyer called her family's ranch in Nogal, NM, "home." She died in 1993, still in the saddle, with her boots on. Photograph by Ann Bromberg. Photo Archives at the Palace of the Governors/New Mexico History Museum, DCA, Ann Bromberg Collection HP.2008.31.

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