July 5, 2025: After working the busiest day of the year in McCarthy, I head up to the museum to have a chat with Patt Garrett.

Affectionately known around here as Grandma Patt, she shares about a woman who became a successful entrepreneur, land owner, and philanthropist in the early days of McCarthy.

What starts as a conversation about Kate Kennedy turns into a hilarious chat that weaves together the parallel lives of Patt and Kate.

So, what did it take for a woman to make her way in a man’s world? What does it take today?

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