Encampment rancher and businesswoman Lora Webb Nichols, famous for her photography, was one of the first friends a 19-year-old Nancy Anderson made when she came to Wyoming from Virginia.

Her plans were solid. She was going to become an old maid teacher for the school at the Beer Mug Ranch north of Hanna.

Fortunately for her, life doesn’t always go as planned.

Anderson not only made new friends like Nichols, but she also met her future husband, living a great life with him in Coyote Canyon for 52 years.

During all that time, Anderson remained great friends with Nichols who was, from almost the beginning, like a member of her family.

Anderson was even with her friend when Nichols died in 1962.

But Anderson didn’t truly get to know her friend until after Nichols' death.

That’s when she

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