We trace the remarkable paths of two Idaho women whose lives began and ended very differently from one another. Katherine Caroline Wilkins, born to fortune-seeking pioneers in Oregon Territory, was one of the most successful horse-sellers in the United States. And May Arkwright Hutton became one of the richest women in the American West, using her newfound wealth to promote suffrage and later running for the Idaho Legislature.

Women in Politics, grades 3-5

Women Who Contributed to the Development of the West, grades 3-5

Northwest regional Emmy Award-winning documentary “Taking the Reins” highlights research by ISU’s Phil Homan on Idaho’s “Horse Queen” Kittie Wilkins

"Woman of the West: The Horse Queen of Idaho," Humanities, the Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities

ISU Researcher Phil Holman studying South African war horses from Idaho