Sharlot As a Writer and Poet

In 1891 Sharlot sold her first story, THE GENESIS OF THE EARTH AND MOON (A Moqui Folk-Tale), for four dollars. For the rest of her life writing was both her profession and passion. Her poetry, particularly, expressed her deepest emotions: grief over loss of love, admiration for Arizona and it’s history, and indignation over the inequality of women. She found continual joy in telling a good story.

Sharlot published over 500 articles, stories and poems. 10 books bear her name as author. She is best known for her two collections of poetry: "Cactus and Pine," published in 1910 and "Poems of a Ranch Woman," published after her death.

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Sharlot writing in her room at Orchard Ranch, about 1914.

In California, probably at home of Charles Lummis, c.1905