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Index/Global Cowboys The history of the "cowboy" is global! Yes, there are cowboys all over the world. They may not be referred to as cowboy but will have other names depending upon the country that they represent. This section of HorseHints will be an ongoing one. I shall be researching and adding articles. I Hope that you enjoy this section and share it with your children. One could define a cowboy as: one who tends cattle or horses no matter what country.
Jan 21, 2020 Australian Cowboys Jan 21, 2020 Canadian Cowboys Jan 21, 2020 Charro Cowboys Jan 21, 2020 Csikós Hungarian Cowboy/Gulyás Herdsman Jan 21, 2020 Cowboys Jan 21, 2020 Cracker Cowboy Jan 21, 2020 Gaucho Jan 21, 2020 Argentina San Antonio/Gaucho Parade Jan 21, 2020 Hawaiian Paniolo Cowboy Jan 21, 2020 Vaquero Cowboys
... "American cowboys were drawn from multiple sources. By the late 1860s, following the American Civil War and the expansion of the cattle industry, former soldiers from both the Union and Confederacy came west, seeking work, as did large numbers of restless white men in general. A significant number of African-American freedmen also were drawn to cowboy life, in part because there was not quite as much discrimination in the west as in other areas of American society at the time. A significant number of Mexicans and American Indians already living in the region also worked as cowboys. Later, particularly after 1890, when American policy promoted 'assimilation' of Indian people, some Indian boarding schools also taught ranching skills. Today, some Native Americans in the western United States own cattle and small ranches, and many are still employed as cowboys, especially on ranches located near Indian Reservations. The 'Indian Cowboy' also became a commonplace sight on the rodeo circuit. Because cowboys ranked low in the social structure of the period, there are no firm figures on the actual proportion of various races. 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...' 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. Similarly, cowboys of Mexican descent also averaged about 15% of the total, but were more common in Texas and the southwest. Other estimates suggest that in the late 19th century, one out of every three cowboys was a Mexican vaquero, and 20% may have been African-American." ... Jan 21, 2020 Bronco SamJan 21, 2020 Isom Dart aka Ned Huddleston, Black Fox and Calico Cowboy Robert L. Fortune George Glenn Jan 21, 2020 Amos Harris Ben Hodges Bose Ikard Addison Jones Bob Leavitt Jan 21, 2020 Nate Love aka Deadwood Dick and Red River Dick/Black Cowboy Jess Morris Jan 21, 2020 One Horse Charley/Black Cowboy Jan 21, 2020 Willie M. Pickett aka Bill Pickett, the Bull Dodger and the Greatest Cowboy Matt Rash Bass Reeves Jessie Stahl Moses Speese John Ware Jan 21, 2020 Charley Willis/Singing Cowboy For More Information on Black Cowboys: Black Cowboys of the Old West: True, Sensational, And Little-Known Stories From History"The word cowboy conjures up vivid images of rugged men on saddled horses-men lassoing cattle, riding bulls, or brandishing guns in a shoot-out. White men, as Hollywood remembers them. What is woefully missing from these scenes is their counterparts: the black cowboys who made up one-fourth of the wranglers and rodeo riders. This book tells their story. When the Civil War ended, black men left the Old South in large numbers to seek a living in the Old West-industrious men resolved to carve out a life for themselves on the wild, roaming plains. Some had experience working cattle from their time as slaves; others simply sought a freedom they had never known before. The lucky travelled on horseback; the rest, by foot. Over dirt roads they went from Alabama and South Carolina to present-day Texas and California up north through Kansas to Montana. The Old West was a land of opportunity for these adventurous wranglers and future rodeo champions. A long overdue testament to the courage and skill of black cowboys, Black Cowboys of the Old West finally gives these courageous men their rightful place in history." Amazon The Adventures of the Negro Cowboys, by Philip Duram and Everett L. Jones The Black West: A Documentary and Pictorial History of the African American Role in the Westward Expansion of the United States, by William Loren Katz. |