B.M. Bower

B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

As one of the first women to make a career of crafting western stories, Bower's granddaughter Kate Baird Anderson has worked to keep her memory alive. Bertha Muzzy Sinclair was born 15 November 1871 in the state of Minnesota. The Bower family headed west to Montana in 1888 where Bertha became a teacher in Grand Falls. Her first husband's name was Clayton J. Bower, whom she married at the age of nineteen.