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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
The American frontier, also known as the Old West, and popularly known as the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the last few ...
The James–Younger Gang commits the first train robbery in the history of the West by derailing a locomotive of the Rock Island Line west of Adair, Iowa and stealing $3,000 from the express safe and passengers on board. [149] Dec "My Western Home", a poem by Dr. Brewster M. Higley, is first published in an issue of the Smith County Pioneer.
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.
The Old West is a series of books about the history of the American Old West era, published by Time-Life Books from 1973 through 1980. Each book focused on a different topic specific for the era, such as cowboys, American Indians, gamblers and gunfighters.
The National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum is on the corner of North Main Street and West 21st Street, just a few blocks from the Stockyards, the anchor of Fort Worth’s cowboy culture.
This word is very old in the English language, originating prior to the year 1000. [6] By 1849 "cowboy" had developed its modern sense as an adult cattle handler of the American West. Variations on the word appeared later.
Ryan Bingham may play the famed crooner Walker on TV, but in real life, the 43-year-old has experience as a cowboy. ... a small town on the west side of New Mexico. The singer was a bull rider ...