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By 1849 "cowboy" had developed its modern sense as an adult cattle handler of the American West. Variations on the word appeared later. "Cowhand" appeared in 1852, and "cowpoke" in 1881, originally restricted to the individuals who prodded cattle with long poles to load them onto railroad cars for shipping. [ 7 ]
The Oregon Spectator becomes the first American newspaper published west of the Rocky Mountains. [73] Apr 25: The first skirmish of the Mexican–American War takes place on the Rio Grande near present-day Brownsville, Texas. May 13: The United States under President James K. Polk declares war on Mexico, formally commencing the Mexican ...
The following list of cowboys and cowgirls from the frontier era of the American Old West (circa 1830 to 1910) was compiled to show examples of the cowboy and cowgirl genre. Cattlemen, ranchers, and cowboys
When Indians Became Cowboys: Native Peoples and Cattle Ranching in the American West (1997) excerpt and text search; Jordan, Terry. North American Cattle-Ranching Frontiers: Origins, Diffusion, and Differentiation (1993) online edition Archived 2011-04-27 at the Wayback Machine; Jordan, Terry. Trails to Texas: Southern Roots of Western Cattle ...
3. Bandera, Texas. Nicknamed the "Cowboy Capital of the World," this Wild West town in southern Texas was a staging ground for the last cattle drives of the 1800s.
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]
The word cowboy did not begin to come into wider usage until the 1870s. The men who drove cattle for a living were usually called cowhands, drovers, or stockmen. [4] While cowhands were still respected in West Texas, [5] in Cochise County the outlaws' crimes and their notoriety grew such that during the 1880s it was an insult to call a legitimate cattleman a "cowboy."
Legendary cowboy and spur maker Billy Klapper had a cameo in season 5, episode 9 of 'Yellowstone,' and was also honored following his recent death.