The Arkansas Farm Girl

Carrying on Their Memories Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a sentimental person, so it shouldn't come as a surprise anyone that I like sentimental things. I have a lot of sentimental things like my grandpa's old pocket knife and the 1992 Buick Roadmaster that my great grandma had custom ordered and passed down to my grandma who will pass it down to me when she passes away. Perhaps the two most sentimental things that I have are this saddle and this hat. My great aunt Robbie was one of the toughest cowgirls around. Grandma likes to talk about all the times that her dad would bring in new livestock. Aunt Robbie would sit by on her horse while they unloaded the cows and memorized them. If one went missing she could tell you exactly what it looked like even if she had only seen it once. My favorite story about her is about the time that she had to chase the bull back in. One of my great grandpa's bulls got out onto the neighbor's property. Aunt Robbie saddled u