This is Her Place Episode 7: Home on the Range: Katherine Fenton Nutter, Joise Bassett, and Heidi Redd

Authors

Naomi Watkins
Mike Aguilar

Document Type

Other

Publisher

Utah State University

Publication Date

4-7-2021

Abstract

The “frontier myth” — or the romanticized idea of a place at the edge of civilization full of opportunity for the strong and self-reliant — has been idealized in American history, literature, and art. The reality, however, is more complicated — and so are the three women we highlight in this episode, all of whom made their livelihoods as cattle ranchers:

• Katherine Fenton Nutter, known in her day as “Utah’s Cattle Queen,” who ran Nine Mile Ranch, one of the largest cattle ranches in Utah
• Josie Bassett, a rancher and renegade with a homestead in what is now Dinosaur National Monument
• Heidi Redd, a cattle rancher at “The Dugout” near Canyonlands National Park, who forged a partnership with The Nature Conservancy

All three defied the gender stereotypes of their time, bending the rules and pushing boundaries to carve out a place for themselves on Utah’s frontier.

Recommended Citation

Watkins, Naomi and Aguilar, Mike, "This is Her Place Episode 7: Home on the Range: Katherine Fenton Nutter, Joise Bassett, and Heidi Redd" (2021). Religious Studies Faculty Publications. Paper 7.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/rels_facpub/7