Sylvia Mahoney

About the presenter

Sylvia Gann Mahoney, Frisco, Texas, fifth-generation Texan, raised in New Mexico, earned AA at NMJC, BA, MA summa cum laude at ENMU. Taught literature, writing, and research at NM and Texas public schools and colleges. College rodeo coach inducted into the Western Junior College Athletic Hall of Fame. A founder/exec. dir. of Western Heritage Museum/Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame. Rotary co-chair, Marking the Great Western Trail. Two books: College Rodeo: From Show to Sport, Texas A&M Press, 2004; Finding the Great Western Trail, TTU Press, 2015, awarded West Texas Historical Association Best Book of the Year, named WTHA Fellow, and 2024 president WTHA. Past president Texas Folklore Society, life member Texas State Historical Assoc. and elected past trustee of Vernon College Board.