Wild Women of the West Tour

You had to be tough to survive in the Old West. Especially if you were a woman. Join us on a 2-mile, 2-hour walk as we celebrate the women who were smart enough, bold enough, or talented enough to not only survive, but to thrive in Tucson. The resilience and passion of these Wild Women transformed the West into the place we know and love today.

She left Tucson with a Martin guitar and $30 in her pocket, then toured the world as a true country and rock superstar, without ever abandoning her roots.

After spending 18 years in the red-light district and becoming “queen of the demimonde,” she , without apology or compromise, moved right into Tucson’s high society, and lived as a philanthropist and a devout Catholic for the next 52 years.

Arizona's Bandit Queen made headlines in court when she said, "I shall not consent to be tried under the law that neither I nor my sex had a voice in making."

Kidnapped by Apache raiders, she was stabbed, thrown down a cliff, beaten with rocks, and left for dead. But she refused to die

Her boyfriend bet her fashion business wouldn’t last a year, then he followed her Tucson and asked her to marry him. Her fashion line was shown at the Met in NYC, and after 81 years in business, she won that bet.

They completed a 3,000-mile journey by hiking 300 miles through the desert to open up the first school in Tucson. Then, they opened the first hospital in Arizona.