EVENTS
Saddle Bronc Rider
“Packsaddle Ben” Greenough, a Montana cowboy and rodeo hand, had a houseful of children, and most of them became rodeo stars. Each and every Greenough, male or female, grew up a working cowhand.
At age 18, Margie and her sister, Alice, broke into rodeo. Answering an ad in “Billboard Magazine” seeking lady bronc riders, they hired out. Living in a tent, the sisters made their own costumes on a portable sewing machine.
Margie Greenough was a serious rodeo professional. “I can’t remember when I began, it seems so much a part of my life,” she once said. “It’s a thrilling life. Riding just runs in our family.” With her trademark big smile, she made a difficult and dangerous event look easy.
During the 1930s and 1940s, professional rodeos did away with ladies’ bronc riding, and the Greenough sisters retired from the arena. After marrying bulldogger Harry Henson, Margie worked with her sister as a horse-wrangling team and as movie and television extras. She retired in Tucson, Arizona. Margie passed away in 2004.
