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Georgie married Frank H. Sicking (1909-1974), a native of Muenster in Cooke County north of [[Dallas]], Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://records.ancestry.com/Frank_H_Sicking_records.ashx?pid=108557985|title=Frank H. Sicking|publisher=records.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 31, 2014}}</ref> The two operated several ranches in Arizona, California, and [[Nevada]] before they settled down on an unimposing spread near Fallon in Churchill County  in western Nevada. There the couple reared their three children. Her poem "Blood, Sweat, and Tears" highlights the difficulty of operating a ranch without financial backing and inheritance.<ref name=elko/> Georgie described Frank as a "real cowboy" who even performed household chores while she was out riding the herd: "He was always there when the chips were down."<ref name=gawatkins>{{cite web|url=http://www.rangemagazine.com/archives/fall2004/confessions.htmauthor=Gary Watkins|title=Confessions of Red Meat Survivors: Georgie Sicking|publisher=''Range Magazine''|date=Fall 2004|accessdate=January 30, 2014}}</ref>

Georgie married Frank H. Sicking (1909-1974), a native of Muenster in Cooke County north of [[Dallas]], Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://records.ancestry.com/Frank_H_Sicking_records.ashx?pid=108557985|title=Frank H. Sicking|publisher=records.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 31, 2014}}</ref> The two operated several ranches in Arizona, California, and [[Nevada]] before they settled down on an unimposing spread near Fallon in Churchill County  in western Nevada. There the couple reared their three children. Her poem "Blood, Sweat, and Tears" highlights the difficulty of operating a ranch without financial backing and inheritance.<ref name=elko/> Georgie described Frank as a "real cowboy" who even performed household chores while she was out riding the herd: "He was always there when the chips were down."<ref name=gawatkins>{{cite web|url=http://www.rangemagazine.com/archives/fall2004/confessions.htmauthor=Gary Watkins|title=Confessions of Red Meat Survivors: Georgie Sicking|publisher=''Range Magazine''|date=Fall 2004|accessdate=January 30, 2014}}</ref>

Sicking was widowed at the age of fifty-three when her husband, Frank, was killed in a wood-cutting accident. Mrs. Sicking tthen ran her own herd of sixty Brahman cattle and frequented livestock auctions. When the [[Nature Conservancy]] purchased the water rights surrounding her Nevada land, she sold the ranch and began to spend her time in poetry, a pursuit that she had first began when she was seventeen. In her lifetime she has penned some seventy poems and has received many awards. Nevada honored her for having ridden 100,000 miles on horseback and for being the first resident of the state inducted into the Cowgirl Hall of Fame in [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]], [[Texas]]. She received the "Gail Gardner Award" for outstanding work in the genre of cowboy poetry.<ref name=gawatkins/> This honor is named for Gail I. Gardner (1892-1988), an Arizona cowboy who was later the postmaster of Prescott, Arizona.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cowboypoetry.com/gardner.htm|title=Featured at the Bar D Ranch: Gail Gardner|publisher=cowboypoetry.com|accessdate=January 30, 2014}}</ref>

Sicking was widowed at the age of fifty-three when her husband, Frank, was killed in a wood-cutting accident. Mrs. Sicking tthen ran her own herd of sixty Brahman cattle and frequented livestock auctions. When the Nature Conservancy purchased the water rights surrounding her Nevada land, she sold the ranch and began to spend her time in poetry, a pursuit that she had first began when she was seventeen. In her lifetime she has penned some seventy poems and has received many awards. Nevada honored her for having ridden 100,000 miles on horseback and for being the first resident of the state inducted into the Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas. She received the "Gail Gardner Award" for outstanding work in the genre of cowboy poetry.<ref name=gawatkins/> This honor is named for Gail I. Gardner (1892-1988), an Arizona cowboy who was later the postmaster of Prescott, Arizona.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cowboypoetry.com/gardner.htm|title=Featured at the Bar D Ranch: Gail Gardner|publisher=cowboypoetry.com|accessdate=January 30, 2014}}</ref>

Though legally blind, she nevertheless was able of performing at several cowboy poetry gatherings. In 1985, she performed at the first annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada. She is a featured contributor at the Bar D Ranch Cowboy Poetry site in St. Helena in Napa County in northern [[California]].<ref name=gsicking>{{cite web|url=http://www.cowboypoetry.com/sicking.htm#Just|title=Honored guest: Georgie Sicking|publisher=cowboypoetry.com|accessdate=January 30, 2014}}</ref>

Though legally blind, she nevertheless was able of performing at several cowboy poetry gatherings. In 1985, she performed at the first annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada. She is a featured contributor at the Bar D Ranch Cowboy Poetry site in St. Helena in Napa County in northern [[California]].<ref name=gsicking>{{cite web|url=http://www.cowboypoetry.com/sicking.htm#Just|title=Honored guest: Georgie Sicking|publisher=cowboypoetry.com|accessdate=January 30, 2014}}</ref>

Sicking's [[biography]], by Glorianne Wiegand (born 1937) of Pittville, California, is entitled ''A Mare Among Geldings.''<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.getcited.org/pub/100398227 |title=A Mare Among Geldings|publisher=getcited.org|page=107|ISBN=0964414147|accessdate=January 30, 2014}}</ref> In 2004, Greg Snider and Dawn Smallman of Far Away Films produced ''Ridin' and Rhymin,''' an hour-long [[documentary]] about Sicking's life. Among her poems are "To Be a Top Hand," "Old Bay," "A Time for Remembering," "Be Yourself," and "Housewife."<ref name=gsicking/>

Sicking's [[biography]] by Glorianne Wiegand (born 1937) of Pittville, California, is entitled ''A Mare Among Geldings.''<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.getcited.org/pub/100398227 |title=A Mare Among Geldings|publisher=getcited.org|page=107|ISBN=0964414147|accessdate=January 30, 2014}}</ref> In 2004, Greg Snider and Dawn Smallman of Far Away Films produced ''Ridin' and Rhymin,''' an hour-long [[documentary]] about Sicking's life. Among her poems are "To Be a Top Hand," "Old Bay," "A Time for Remembering," "Be Yourself," and "Housewife."<ref name=gsicking/>

In retirement, Sicking rode her horse "Monty" along the Powder River into Kaycee  in Johnson County, Wyoming,  where she shared many of her stories of the West of yesteryear.<ref name=gawatkins/> Sicking said, "I know I have enjoyed the best of two worlds. I know what it is to rope a wild mustang and have him hit the end of the rope, and I know what it is to rock a baby. I think I've truly lived. ..."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/notes/neighsayers/georgie-sicking-cowboy-poet/10150281599485782|title=Georgie Sicking, Cowboy Poet|publisher=[[Facebook''|accessdate=January 30, 2014}}</ref>

In retirement, Sicking rode her horse "Monty" along the Powder River into Kaycee  in Johnson County, Wyoming,  where she shared many of her stories of the West of yesteryear.<ref name=gawatkins/> Sicking said, "I know I have enjoyed the best of two worlds. I know what it is to rope a wild mustang and have him hit the end of the rope, and I know what it is to rock a baby. I think I've truly lived. ..."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/notes/neighsayers/georgie-sicking-cowboy-poet/10150281599485782|title=Georgie Sicking, Cowboy Poet|publisher=[[Facebook''|accessdate=January 30, 2014}}</ref>