[3] Her father was treasurer of the Cherokee National Council and served in other tribal administration capacities,[4] as well as farming on the Ross homestead near Park Hill.

[6] The images "defied the stereotypical photographic views" of Native Americans at the time, showing that the Cherokee were educated, fashionable, and proud of their culture.

[13] In 1928, the family moved to Arlington, Texas, and by the early 1930s, Cobb was running a floral shop business called the Flower Market.

Armed with her photographs from the turn of the century and her memories, Cobb assisted restoration experts to creating a more accurate version of the home.

[6] Cobb died from a heart attack on January 19, 1959, at a hospital in Tahlequah[3] and was buried beside her husband and daughter at Rose Hill Cemetery in Arlington, Texas.

They tell the story of her unique experience as a young woman from a highly influential and progressive Cherokee family in those golden days before statehood swept over Indian Territory.