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09-08-2012 African-Americans in Racing (Horsemen)  09-08-2012 African Americans/UK Features Projects on African-Americans in Kentucky's Equine History Jan 21, 2020 Art, History and Horses 09-08-2012 Animal Sounds Jan 21, 2020 Birds and Bird Songs Jan 21, 2020 Black Beauty Jan 21, 2020 Black Jack Jan 21, 2020 Black Jack/President Kennedy's Funeral Jan 21, 2020 Caisson Horses-1/3 Batallion HHC Caisson Platoon How Do Chameleons Change Color? (Not horse related but really interesting!) "Photonic Crystals Cause Active Colour Change in Chameleons" Jan 21, 2020 Carousels and Merry-Go-Rounds Jan 21, 2020 Carousels Images Jan 21, 2020 Carousels Terminology Jan 21, 2020 Carriage Horses 09-08-2012 Cave Paintings at Pech-Merle 09-08-2012 Cave Paintings at Lascaux 09-08-2012 Cartooning - Learn How to Draw A Cartoon Horse and lots of other stuff! 09-08-2012 Chinese History and the Horse Jan 21, 2020 Chinese New Year/2014 Year of the Horse Jan 21, 2020 Egyptian Hieroglyphics/To English 09-08-2012 Equine Science for Kids 09-08-2012 Extinction Website 09-08-2012 Fossil Horses in Cyberspace 09-08-2012 Horse Fun for Kids 09-08-2012 How to Make a Horse Mask 09-08-2012 Horse Breeds Puzzle Zone 09-08-2012 Horses on Stamps from Around the World 09-08-2012 Horse Trivia - Which breed of horse or pony? Jan 21, 2020 Horse's Prayer Jan 21, 2020 Joey, of WarHorse, meets Providence Mounted Command Horses Jan 21, 2020 Middle Ages and the Horse Jan 21, 2020 Perfume and Horses Jan 21, 2020 Pony Express Jan 21, 2020 Prehistoric Horse Skeleton Unearthed Jan 21, 2020 Prehistoric Spotted Horses and DNA in Cave Art Jan 21, 2020 Reckless War Horse Jan 21, 2020 Reliefs and Horses Jan 21, 2020 Renaissance Festival/Texas Jan 21, 2020 Riderless Horse Jan 21, 2020 Safety Rules for Children/Around Horses Jan 21, 2020 Snow Horse Jan 21, 2020 Song of the Horse Nation Museum Exhibit Jan 21, 2020 Terracotta Soldiers and Horses of China Jan 21, 2020 White House Animals Throughout History Jan 21, 2020 White House Horse History Jan 21, 2020 William Tell Overature/Rossini Jan 21, 2020 Wonder Horses Outlaws of the Americas
 09-08-2012 09-08-2012 Apache Kid, Has-kay-bay-nay-ntayl or White Mountain Apache 09-08-2012 Billy the Kid (Born Henry McCarty) 09-08-2012 Blue Duck or Bluford Duck 09-08-2012 Brocius, William or Curly Bill 09-08-2012 Bushwackers/Quantrill's Raiders (Confederate Bushwackers) 09-08-2012 Cassidy, Butch or Robert LeRoy Parker 09-08-2012 Clanton Brothers, Billy, John, Phin and Ike 09-08-2012 Dalton Brothers 09-08-2012 Dunlop,Jack AKA John Dunlop, John Patterson and "Three Fingered Jack" Jan 21, 2020 Evans, Christopher/Outlaw 09-08-2012 The Ford Brothers: Charles and Robert 09-08-2012 Hite, Robert Woodson or "Wood" Hite 09-08-2012 James Brothers: Jesse and Frank 09-08-2012 Legends of America - A Travel Site for the Nostalgic & Historic Minded 09-08-2012 Longabaugh, Harry or the (Sundance Kid) 09-08-2012 McLaury Brothers: Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury and Billy Blanton 09-08-2012 Miller Brothers: Edward, Clell, and Jim Outlaws Jan 21, 2020 Newcomb, George "Bittercreek"/Outlaw 09-08-2012 Parker, Robert LeRoy or Cassidy, Butch 09-08-2012 Pinkerton National Detective Agency 09-08-2012 Charlie Pitts (Outlaw) or Sam Wells 09-08-2012 Quantrill's Raiders (Confederate Bushwackers) 09-08-2012 Ringo, John AKA Ringgold 09-08-2012 Sheperd, George Washington or Shepherd 09-08-2012 Harry Longabaugh (Sundance Kid) Jan 21, 2020 Vásquez, Tiburcio 09-08-2012 Index/Cowboys Around the World - 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.
... "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." ... |
