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This timeline of the American Old West is a chronologically ordered list of events significant to the development of the American West as a region of the continental United States. The term "American Old West" refers to a vast geographical area and lengthy time period of imprecise boundaries, and historians' definitions vary.
The Trail Drivers of Texas, ed. by J. Marvin Hunter (1925, reprint 1985), by far the most valuable source for individual experiences on the long drives. excerpts and text search [permanent dead link ] Savage, William W., Jr. The Cowboy Hero: His Image in American History and Culture. (1979). 179 pp. Skaggs, Jimmy.
Highway 22, officially named Cowboy Trail, is a 584-kilometre (363 mi) highway in the Canadian province of Alberta. It generally parallels Highway 2 , beginning in the foothills of southern Alberta at Highway 3 near Lundbreck Falls .
A short-line railroad (the Nebkota Railway) did operate on the westernmost 74 miles (119 km) of the Cowboy Trail (from Chadron to Merriman) until 2007. The Cowboy Trail in that section was to be built on an easement parallel to the railroad. In view of the abandonment of the final section, details of where the last section of the Cowboy Trail ...
South end of Hwy 5 concurrency and Cowboy Trail: 22.9: 14.2: Highway 5 west – Waterton Park: North end of Hwy 5 concurrency: M.D. of Pincher Creek No. 9 49.2: 30.6: Highway 505 east – Glenwood: Pincher Creek: 69.3: 43.1: Highway 501 east / Highway 785 north (Macleod Street) South end of Hwy 501 concurrency: 70.6: 43.9
The Cowboy Trail is a bicycling, walking and equestrian trail that will eventually cross 321 miles (517 km) east-west from Norfolk to Chadron. [ 2 ] Visitor attractions
Black cowgirls and cowboys. African American trail rides, or Black trail rides, are rural parade-like celebrations that commemorate the traditions of Black cowboys and formerly enslaved African Americans who were skilled in caring for and training livestock. [1]
The trail is the subject of at least two pop songs: "The Last Cowboy Song," written and recorded by Ed Bruce, also performed by The Highwaymen; and the song "The Old Chisholm Trail." Among those who have covered the song are Gene Autry , Girls of the Golden West , Woody Guthrie , Michael Martin Murphey , Tex Ritter , and Roy Rogers .