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One writer states that cowboys were "of two classes—those recruited from Texas and other States on the eastern slope; and Mexicans, from the south-western region". [58] Census records suggest that about 15% of all cowboys were of African-American ancestry—ranging from about 25% on the trail drives out of Texas, to very few in the northwest ...
Cowboys at the XIT Ranch in 1891. The XIT Ranch was a cattle ranch in the Texas Panhandle which operated from 1885 to 1912. Comprising over 3,000,000 acres (12,000 km 2) of land, it ran for 200 miles (300 km) along the border with New Mexico, varying in width from 20 to 30 miles (30 to 50 km).
A Black cowboy from the early 1900s. Black cowboys in the American West accounted for up to an estimated 25% of cowboys "who went up the trail" from the 1860s to 1880s, estimated to be at least 5,000 individuals. [1] They were also part of the rest of the ranching industry in the West. [2] [3]
However, the relationship between cowboys and Native Americans were more mutual than they are portrayed, and the former would occasionally pay a fine of 10 cents per cow for the latter to allow them to travel through their land. [230] Natives also preyed upon stagecoaches travelling in the frontier for its horses and valuables. [231]
The Cowboys were located in a narrow 15–20 feet (4.6–6.1 m) lot [95] between the Harwood house and Fly's 12-room boarding house and photography studio at 312 Fremont Street, [96] where Doc Holliday roomed.
The word “cowboy” is derived from the fact that the men who tended to the cattle on ranches owned by white families were demeaningly referred to by the white ranch owners as “cow boys.”
While riding around the city with a friend, Howard said he saw his now wife of 29 years, Jacqueline, walking. She had just moved to Irving — where the former Cowboys practicing facility was located.
One of the shirts for 2017 features a design by Harold Dow Bugbee, former curator of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas, which depicts longhorns and a cowboy crossing the Red River at Doan's Crossing. There the postmaster Corwin F. Doan (1848-1929) also operated a store to supply the cowboys. [5]