“Always saddle your own horse,” was Connie Reeves’s motto. A National Cowgirl Hall of Famer, Connie also won the
Chester A. Reynolds Award formajor contributions to the Western way of life from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. Connie was Texas’s oldest cowgirl, living to be 101 and riding until her very last day.
More on Connie Reeves(link to
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/25/us/connie-reeves-a-cowgirl-until-the-end-dies-at-101.html)