This is Angela O'Dell and you are listening to real cool history for kids.

A podcast show featuring history told from a distinctly biblical worldview perspective.

Welcome to an adventure.

Welcome to episode 131 of real cool history for kids. This is a very special episode you guys because it is the fifth anniversary of the real cool history for

kids podcast show. It all started on July 1st, 2019.

And here we are, five years later.

Just look at how much our podcast family has grown in those years.

Isn't it amazing?

Thank you for being part of it. This episode is for Kena Manley, who wanted me to tell the story of Wild Horse Annie.

Hey, Kena, this one's for you.

You guys, when I was a little girl, my favorite hobby was reading,

well, and drawing. And I would spend an immense amount of time doing both. And

guess what I mostly read and drew? Horses!

I often immersed myself in the worlds between the covers of those books.

I loved, well, I loved all kinds of books,

but my very favorite stories always had horses in them. Well one of my favorite authors was Marguerite Henry,

the author of Mustang Wild Spirit of the West and Misty of Chinkotigue, and many other stories about horses.

I still own some of those books I picked up for 25 cents at a library sale when I was a little girl. I knew these books

were based on true stories and that's actually one of the biggest reasons that I loved them. I knew that they were part of history.

But you know what? It wasn't until recently that I've realized that Mustang, Wild Spirit of the West was Marguerite Henry's telling of a real woman who had earned

the name Wild Horse Annie. This realization made me really happy and

so I'm so excited to tell you her story. Wild Horse Annie's real name was Velma Braun Johnson.

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