"Oh, You Cowgirl!" A Documentary Film
A True Story About America's Unsung Heroes, The Cowgirls!
Oh, You Cowgirl! Just a Sneak Video Peeks!
- "Just A Typical Oregonian Cowgirl" - Lela DeLude
- The first time I met Lala DeLude was in 2007 just as she was finishing the morning chores and feeding her goats. She was weathered and showing wear on her eighty something body but her eyes still sparkled warmly as she introduced herself and invited me to join her in the "parlor" of the old fifth wheel travel trailer she now calls home. Lala has an outhouse and somehow lives with outdoor plumbing, enjoying a "cowboy bath" twice a week and says with heartfelt conviction, "It was good enough for daddy, I suppose it's good enough for me."
She still lives on the same land that belonged to her daddy and finds comfort and strength in vivid memories she has of him and her family.
Her eyes narrowed as she pointed a finger toward my new camera. "Last little gal that came out to do an interview with me had a camera like that. One o' the goats jumped up on her back and knocked that camera right out'a her hand. Can't have that. Got rid of that goat. Don't remember if I sold him or ate him, but I got rid of that goat."
Lala is a true, honest soul of the west and I have enjoyed every minute I've spent with her.
- Kaila Mussell - The ONLY woman Saddle Bronc Rider with PRCA
- Kaila Mussell is the only woman ever, in the history of PRCA, to ride saddle bronc's in competition with the boys. Last year she rode at the Prineville Round Up. Kaila will appear in the upcoming documentary, "Oh, You Cowgirl!" about the early 20th century rodeo cowgirls and women of the wild west shows in a reenactment of Bonnie McCarroll's fatal accident at the famed Pendleton Round-Up in 1929. Bonnie was a favorite on the rodeo circuit and many believe it was because of a Pendleton rule requiring all women to ride "hobbled" that she lost her life while riding a bronc named Black Cat. When Kaila rides, she competes and abides by the same rules and rides the same horses as the men in the PRCA
- Introducing Cowgirls of the West Living History
- Cowgirls of the West Living History is comprised of a group of women living in Central Oregon. Founded by Kim McDonald, the group is committed to preserving the history of the cowgirl in the American west.
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