cowhand

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Born in Nebraska and raised in South Dakota, Leahy worked in his youth as a cowhand, a soda jerk and a clerk in a trading post.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Wearing body cameras, he and brother Clancy Bundy and cowhand Cache Burnside ride hard on horseback roping bulls across the scrubby range, aided by the family dog, Kaylie.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024

Born into a family of Wyoming ranchers, Mr. Barlow was the first person to talk about the Internet “in a way that a cowhand can understand,” Wired magazine editor Kevin Kelly once said.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2018

She’s a boxer, a cowhand, a bronc rider, and unlike most 15-year-olds, she’s pretty sure about the life ahead of her.

From Washington Times • Dec. 16, 2015

Sam was trained to be a cowhand, and worked for his master until 1868, receiving wages after he was freed.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration