Kathryn Gibbs Keeton

Kathryn Keeton of the Tulip Community was perhaps the most famous cowgirl from Fannin County. Erwin Smith, the famous Fannin County western photographer, took three wonderful photos of Kathryn on her 17th birthday.

Kathryn especially remembered one time she rode with her father to drive a load of horses from Tulip to the railroad depot in Bonham, driving the horses down Center Street in Bonham. She thought that “was about the grandest thing there ever was.” “I drove cattle through Bonham on a horse.” “That was a big thrill of mine.”

You can read more about her here.