C onstance Doug las Re e ves

In 1998, Mrs. Reeves won the Chester contributions to the Western way of life from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma Cit women to do so.

eeves, who was very likely America's oldest cowgirl, died in San , 12 days after she was thrown from her horse, Dr Pepper

Lasso Founder

Constance Douglas was born on Sept. 26, 1901, in Eagle Pass, on the Mexican border. She swam in the Rio Grande and rode horses with cowboys. Her grandfather gave her her first horse when she was 5. The family moved to San