Tillie Baldwin (her stage name) was born as Anna Mathilda Winger in Arendal, Norway. She came to the United States at 14 years old and trained as a hairdresser. Later, she became a noted rodeo performer in Wild West shows. Tillie is known as the first women to perform steer wrestling in a public arena. At the 1912 Pendleton Round-Up in Oregon, she won the trick riding and cowgirl bronc riding contests. Her image was captured several times
by prolific Pendleton photographer Maj. Lee Moorhouse. Tillie later joined Will Rogers' vaudeville troupe and the famed 101 Ranch Wild West Show. In Tillie's last years, she was the manager of the Fred Stone Ranch in Lyme, Connecticut. Tillie was inducted in National Cowboy Museum and Hall of Fame in 2004. Connie Fairfield Ganz wrote a biography Tillie Baldwin, Cowgirl Extraordinaire.
Tillie Baldwin (her stage name) was born as Anna Mathilda Winger in Arendal, Norway. She came to the United States at 14 years old and trained as a hairdresser. Later, she became a noted rodeo performer in Wild West shows. Tillie is known as the first women to perform steer wrestling in a public arena. At the 1912 Pendleton Round-Up in Oregon, she won the trick riding and cowgirl bronc riding contests. Her image was captured several times
by prolific Pendleton photographer Maj. Lee Moorhouse. Tillie later joined Will Rogers' vaudeville troupe and the famed 101 Ranch Wild West Show. In Tillie's last years, she was the manager of the Fred Stone Ranch in Lyme, Connecticut. Tillie was inducted in National Cowboy Museum and Hall of Fame in 2004. Connie Fairfield Ganz wrote a biography Tillie Baldwin, Cowgirl Extraordinaire.
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