Around 1930, La Grande horsewoman Jean Birnie began leading allfemale packing trips into the rugged Wallowa Mountains. Nearly a century later, her descendants celebrate the epic landscape and intimate connection with nature that Jean passed on to them.

Chapters:
0:00 The Introduction to Horsewomen of the Hen Party
1:22 The summer 2023 trip begins
4:18 The Hen Party archive
6:20 Campfire song and the Log of the Ladies
7:17 Poem
8:28 The Hen Party route
10:19 Jean's speech to her women's club
11:02 Grace's story, Jean's best friend
14:41 Jean's speech to her women's club
19:02 The hike to Eagle Cap
23:20 Hen Party women in the news paper
23:51 The protection of the Minam
25:32 Last day of camp
27:31 The Making of the "Horsewomen of the Hen Party"

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