Written by Barbara Newtown Original Publish Date April 2015 Lauren Heaton, 24, winner of the 2015 Miss Rodeo America pageant, is a cowgirl and a businesswoman. The contestants for the title Continue Reading →

Written by Barbara Newtown Original Publish Date April 2015 At the 2015 Dixie National Rodeo in Jackson, Mississippi, in mid-February, I spoke with Laura Sumrall, 23, of Summit, Mississippi, the Continue Reading →

Written by Barbara Newtown Original Publish Date February 2015 In December 2014, at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, Paige Nicholson of Lawrence, Mississippi, passed the Miss Rodeo Continue Reading →

Written by Barbara Newtown Original Publish Date June 2014 I’m sitting in the stands at the Louisiana High School Rodeo Finals at the Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles, Louisiana. It’s Continue Reading →

Written by Barbara Newtown Original Publish Date February 2013 Patsy Trahan, the first ever All-Around Cowgirl for the Louisiana High School Rodeo Association, learned to ride and cut cattle in Continue Reading →

Written by Barbara Newtown Original Publish Date August 2012 T. B. “Teaberry” Porter, age 85, of Leesville, Louisiana, is a longtime national rodeo star and tough as nails and leather.   Continue Reading →