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Photograph of Elsie (Barbe) Conner standing next to an automobile from the 1920s era. The Hottle-Keller Homestead in Mt. Olive, Virginia, is visible behind her.

Her parents were Moses and Lillie (Hamman) Barbe. She married Carl Conner (1895-1972)…

Portrait of Joan Spengler when she was young. She was raised on Delray Farm in Strasburg but spent every summer from the time she was 14 riding for Pringle Brothers Stable of Oshkosh, Nebraska. She rode in local fairs and even competed in the Ladies…