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Our Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
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s the sun creeps up the east side of cactus-studded mountains, painting the land purple and washing it in light, small puffs of dust are kicked up from the hard, limey desert soil
in the steady four beats of a gallop. From atop a buckskin quarter horse named Whiskey, the rider keeps her own beat, up-down, up-down, up-down, up-down, as a blond pony tail pokes out beneath her black hat, flying freely behind her in the wind. Like so much of the history of this backwater town, this rider is a legacy. For four generations, the Miller family has produced world champion cowboys and cowgirls, and this youngest generation of progeny, Mary Ann Miller, is no exception. On this day, with her dad John Miller, whose own impressive list of national accolades and AQHA world championship titles earned him induction into the Cowboy Hall of Fame and the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame, Miller is spending her own share of days on the back of a horse. She doesn’t mind the work.
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