Povy LaFarge Bigbee carved a remarkable path from her beginnings on Park Avenue in New York City to a life dedicated to the rugged ranches of New Mexico and Colorado. As one of the first women in the United States to earn a degree in agriculture in 1955, Povy combined her intellectual curiosity with a deep passion for philosophy, livestock, and horses. She was the daughter of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oliver LaFarge (Laughing Boy, 1929) and the wife of John Franklin Bigbee, a renowned rancher and legislator.