Florence Hughes Randolph

Florence Hughes Randolph (June 23, 1898 – April 24, 1971) is a 1994 National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame inductee.

Life Randolph was born Cleo Alberta "Florence" Holmes on June 23, 1898, in Augusta, Georgia. When Ringling Brothers Circus visited Augusta in October 1912, she left with them. She learned trick riding and trick roping while on tour with them.

Randolph was a petite woman when she became an adult. It was not until she was 13 that she learned to ride horses. Then she also taught herself stunt riding. She learned to race motorcycles. She was a double for movie stars. She performed in Wild West shows.

Personal life In 1923, she married Louis Fenton, another rodeo performer, but it lasted two years. In 1925 she married Floyd Randolph, a rodeo promoter. She retired in 1939 to Ardmore, Oklahoma, where Floyd owned a saddlery.