The Cowboy and the Lady

"Who is that lady?" asked my son-in-law, pointing to a sweet photo of my grandmother, Sigrid, taken at her high school graduation. This family history answers that question by telling stories I heard while growing up, supported by research, family recollections, and photographs.

Imagine being born at the turn of the century and living 100 years of change and challenge. Frank Henry ran away from home at age 16 to become a cowboy in the wilds of Montana and Colorado. He was one of the early Forest Rangers, serving in the U.S. Forest Service from 1918-1926. Sigrid Torgny grew up a doctor’s daughter, in Chicago. They met on a train in Wyoming; he was a cowboy, and she was a lady.