Margaret Clark Formby
| Margaret Clark Formby | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 12, 1929 Van Horn Culberson County Texas, USA |
| Died | April 10, 2003 (aged 73) Hereford Deaf Smith County, Texas |
| Resting place | West Park Cemetery in Hereford, Texas |
| Residence | Hereford, Texas |
| Alma mater |
Van Horn (Texas) High School |
| Occupation | Founder, National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | John Clinton "Clint" Formby (married 1950-2003, her death) |
| Children |
Larry C. "Chip" Formby |
| Parent(s) | Fred and Mabel Clark |
Van Horn (Texas) High School
Larry C. "Chip" Formby
Ben Formby
Marshall Clark Formby
Scott C. Formby
Margaret Clark Formby (July 12, 1929–April 10, 2003) was the daughter of southwest Texas ranchers who founded the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in the basement of the public library in Hereford in Deaf Smith County before she relocated the collection to Fort Worth.
Formby was born to Fred and Mabel Clark in Van Horn in Culberson County east of El Paso. She once described her upbringing as "growing up western", and she fought to recognize women for their influence in western culture. She graduated second in her class in 1946 from Van Horn High School.
She launched her collection of western and rodeo artifacts beginning in 1975 in Hereford, where her husband, Clint Formby (1923-2010), was a radio broadcaster at the country-music station KPAN AM and FM.
The museum was relocated in 1994 to a $21 million structure at 1720 Gendy Street in the heart of the Fort Worth cultural district. The first inductee into the Hall of Fame was Alice Greenough Orr of Montana, winner of three national rodeo championships in the 1930s and 1940s. Orr rode bulls in Spain, was a riding instructor of Dale Evans Rogers, and performed motion picture stunts even into her eighties. In 1993, Formby herself was the first woman elected to the Texas Tech University Rodeo Hall of Fame in Lubbock. The next year, she was inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame through her role as the founder of the museum. She was also the first ever "Miss Texas Tech" in 1949 and graduated in 1950 as a teacher of English and speech. She taught at the high school level in both Colorado City in Mitchell County and Hereford, and she worked as the KPAN news director. She was the editor of the Cowgirl Hall of Fame magazine, Sidesaddle.
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