When Lynda Jordan Johnson came to Wyoming in 1997 to work for the the College of Agriculture, University of Wyoming, the last thing on her mind was writing a book. Johnson was busy with her three children and finishing her bachelor's degree in Family and Consumer Science. She continued her education at the University of Wyoming, completing her Master's Degree in Family and Consumer Sciences with an emphasis in Historical Clothing in 2002.

As fate would have it, Johnson married a rancher from Encampment and made the move from Laramie to Encampment in 2015. Her love of historical clothing and...