Who is Tempe Crabtree?
Tempe is the resident deputy of the mountain community of Bear Creek. She's Native American and a part of the Bear Creek Indian tribe.
She has the components of three amazing women I met when I first came to Springville.
The first was a fascinating Indian woman who grew up on the reservation.
I wrote personality pieces for the local newspaper and interviewed our female resident deputy. She revealed a lot about what her job consisted of and how she was treated by the male deputies.
The third woman was the only female officer at the time on the Porterville Police Department who I did a ride-along with. She told me all about what it was like for her working and bringing up her son.
The essence and the personalities of these three women became Tempe Crabtree.
As for her name, I borrowed it from my great-grandmother because I thought it fit my heroine perfectly.
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Marilyn
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