E. Joy Johnson

[2] Johnson trained as a singer in New York City, but performed only privately for family and friends.

(1911), dedicated to the people of the West, with a preface by former governor Bryant Butler Brooks.

[2] In 1987, Johnson's daughter, Ihla, published The Cowboy's Alphabet with texts by her mother and illustrations again by Gollings.

[5] Edith Hancock was a resident of Wyoming since 1888 when her father, a missionary of the Congregational Church, moved the family there.

[2][3] When Theodore Roosevelt visited Cheyenne, Wyoming during his presidency, Hancock, an expert horsewoman, rode at the front of the parade.