Her books, Hidden Treasures of Santa Cruz County , released September, 2006 and the sequel More Hidden Treasures of Santa Cruz County released November, 2008, include numerous stories of homesteaders and early settlers of that part of southeastern Arizona , accompanied by numerous historic photos.

Her in-depth series, “The Legends of Jim Hathaway,” a rancher, man-hunter and gunfighter born in the border town of Lochiel, was published simultaneously in Nogales International and the Bulletin from May through July 2005. Her chronicles of the history of the legendary Empire Ranch south of Tucson were adapted as a promotional piece by the Bureau of Land Management and the Empire Ranch Foundation and used as a historical handout at the annual Empire Ranch Roundup and Western Art Show in September 2004.

Barr’s work has appeared in numerous publications including Arizona Highways, Arabian Horse Magazine, Range Magazine, Arizona Quarter Horse News, and Discover Southern Arizona Magazine. She has been a regular contributor to the Nogales International/Bulletin newspapers since 1997. She co-edited Arizona in the ‘50s by Capt. James H. Tevis, with Dr. William J. Kelly.

Barr is a University of Arizona graduate and a member of the Society of Southwestern Authors. She moved to horse property in Sonoita with her husband John in 1997. There she has realized her lifelong dream to travel the back roads of Santa Cruz County and interview old-timers and descendants of the early settlers.