Death and Legacy
Miss Pawhuska died at the age of 29 in 1975. She was buried on the Garretts' ranch outside Pawhuska. Garrett's grandson said of her that "She was very gentle, the kind of mare you could do anything with." He also said of her "I guess you could say she was a family pet. I used to rider her out to the pastures to round up other mares, things like that." She was on the leading dams of Race ROM earners from 1959 through 1969.
Miss Pawhuska was inducted into the AQHA's AQHA Hall of Fame. in 2006. Miss Pawhuska also has a stakes race named in her honor at Remington Park Track in Oklahoma City.
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