If you're able to go above and beyond to help us during this important time, please consider making an additional financial contribution. Click here to contribute. She was the genesis of my interest in Western history. A very small old woman occupied a very large segment of my youth. Her name was Eula Remington Johnson Dyke. My father's mother had an enigmatic history. Her stories would morph, from time to time, as did her age. For instance, her tombstone is etched with the birth year of 1880. Sources, including Eula, revealed her coming-out party was in 1874. It was unknown where she was born. Eula was vague about that, perhaps given her early life was one of displacement. Her best recollection was somewhere in Oklahoma or Nebraska.