cowboys

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At the time, however, the frontier – with its rugged cowboys, miners and railroad men – defined American manhood.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

The Mexican cowboys became adept at everything from calving to branding to overseeing the kind of long-distance cattle drives that later became a staple of the western.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

“Thieves are normally going to go back to what they know, and cowboys know livestock,” says Brittain.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

The touring spectacle Cody created, with its air of authenticity, transformed the public’s perceptions of the frontier, setting the benchmark for how the West and cowboys would be depicted in popular culture for decades after.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

The agents sped past the old trails that cowboys had once followed—trails that were now supplanted by cattle cars pulled by shrieking locomotives.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann