About the Author

Sylvia Gann Mahoney was an educator for thirty-three years at community colleges in Texas and New Mexico, USA as an administrator, teacher, and rodeo team coach. She became involved with the Great Western Trail project through her involvement in the Rotary Club of Vernon. She now lives in Fort Worth, USA.

Reviews

Sylvia Mahoney brilliantly documents how hundreds of grassroots volunteers rescued the Great Western Trail from obscurity. Her notes and records about the project are second-to-none, and this book is destined to become the premier document for the preservation of this part of our country's western expansion and development.
--James Aneff, past governor, Rotary International District 5790, Abilene, Texas An entertaining blend of the old and the new, Finding the Great Western Trail is at once a story about the early cattle drives and a modern-day journey to mark the trail, and a "how-to" guide to completing a major service project.
--Jeff Bearden, historian and co-chair of Marking the Great Western Trail project, Vernon, Texas Impressive and highly significant, Finding the Great Western Trail seamlessly brings together such topics as cattle and cowboys, drovers and cattle drives. Broad in its coverage and engaging in its presentation, Mahoney recounts with passion and clarity the long-standing efforts of local Rotary International groups, with the help of public officials, to mark this famous cattle-moving route from Mexico northward into Canada.
--Paul H. Carlson, professor emeritus of history, Texas Tech University Sylvia Mahoney's book, a true labor of love, is amazing and so well done. The story is an important one, of strong, brave, and innovative individuals who stuck to their guns in their beliefs and principles to build a better future.
--Ted Paup, Great Western Trail rancher, businessman, and Rotarian