Chris Enss - Iron Women: The Ladies Who Helped Build the Railroad

Chris Enss is a New York Times best-selling author who has been writing about women of the Old West for more than twenty years. She has penned more than forty published books on the subject. Her book titled Entertaining Ladies: Actresses, Singers, and Dancers in the Old West was a Spur Award finalist in 2017. Ensss book Mochis War: The Tragedy of the Sand Creek Massacre received the Will Rogers Medallion Award for best nonfiction Western for 2015. Her book titled Object Matrimony: The Risky Business of Mail Order Matchmaking on the Western Frontier won the Elmer Kelton Award for Best Nonfiction book of 2013. Ensss book Sam Sixkiller: Frontier Cherokee Lawman was named Outstanding Book on Oklahoma History by the Oklahoma Historical Society.

With a deep sense of gratitude, the author expresses her appreciation of the help given her by a number of interested women and men, among them being:

Claire Phillips at the California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives Department in Sacramento, California.

The Research Department at the Nevada County Historical Society in Nevada City, California.

The staff at the Nevada County Railroad Museum in Nevada City, California.

The archivists at Harpers Magazine.

The Society of California Pioneers.

Iris Hanney at Accessible Archives.

Mary Mathias at the National Academy of Engineering.

The staff at the Kansas Historical Society.

Paul Nelson at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

The staff at the Union Pacific Railroad Museum in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

The staff at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.

Stuart Rosebrook, editor for True West magazine.

And finally, to Erin Turner, editorial director at Rowman and Littlefield. Im grateful beyond words for her continual support and encouragement.

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