OWL was founded in 2009 by Suzanne Thomson. Thomson is a certified Wilderness First Aid Responder and Indiana Master Naturalist candidate.  She has spent more than 10 years in the development, continuous research, and costumed portrayal of historical women including Mad Anne Bailey (1742-1825) and Gene Stratton-Porter (1863-1924). As an artist's model, Suzanne appears in more than a dozen paintings depicting Mad Anne Bailey and life on the frontier in the 18th century. She is a staff writer for Muzzleloader Magazine, contributing author to MuzzleBlast Magazine, Journal of Early Americas and On The Trail Magazine.