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Cowboy

A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often perform many other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico, which trace their roots back to Spanish settlers from Andalusia and became a figure of special…

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Cowgirls

Regional traditions

Canada

Outside North America

Modern work

Rodeo

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related to Further reading · 83
Cowboy → ABC News, ABC-CLIO, Alan, All About His Job, All That's Interesting, American West, Americas, Aug, Axlerod, Badge, Beck, Black, Black Cowboys, Brandywine Press, Bruce, California, Charles, Cords, Cowboys, Cowgirls
related to References · 51
Cowboy → American Cowboy, Americas Norman, Amigo Publications Inc, An Album, Arms, Bennett, Century Cowboys, Conquerors, Cowboy Clothing, Deb, December, Don Jr, Draper, First, Franklin Watts, Glenn, Harper, History, Horse, Horse Gear
related to Texas tradition · 29
Cowboy → Additional, American Civil War, Americans, Austin, By, Continental Divide, Eastern United States, English-speaking Mexican, Following, Following Texas, Great Britain, Great Plains, Here, In, Kansas, Louisiana, Mexican, Mexico, Nebraska, Rocky Mountain Front
see also · 29
Cowboy → Academy, AmericaLiterature, American Old WestAmerican WestBlack, Audition, Australia, Australian, Bascom, Charles Russell, Charreada, Cowboy Artists, Drugstore Cowboy, Earl, Fashion, Frederic Remington, Indian, List, North America, Ranches, Rhinestone Cowboy, Rodeo
related to American development · 26
Cowboy → American, American Civil War, American War, As English-speaking, Before, California, Corpus Christi, English, English-speaking, General Valentin Canalizo, In, Laredo, Mexican, Mexicans, New England, Nueces, Particularly, Rio Grande, Rip Ford, Santa Fe Trail
related to Canada · 25
Cowboy → Alberta, Alberta's, American, British Columbia, Calgary, Calgary Stampede, Calgary's, Canada, Canada's, Canadian, Canadian Finals Rodeo, Cowtown, Each, Edmonton, English, In, John Ware, Most, Ranching, Raymond Stampede
related to Ethnicity · 25
Cowboy → African-American, American, American Civil War, American Indians, Because, By, Census, Confederacy, Indian, Indian Cowboy, Later, Mexican, Mexicans, Native Americans, One, Other, Similarly, Some, States, Texas
related to Florida and the southeastern US · 25
Cowboy → Augustine, California, Carolina, Cattle, Cuba, Florida, Florida Cracker, From, McClellan, Native American, Pineywoods, Province, Raids, Since, Spanish, Spanish Florida, St, Texas, The, The Florida
related to Other historic word uses · 24
Cowboy → American, American Revolution, Arizona, British, Cattlemen, Claudius Smith, Corral, Cow-boy, Cowboys, Earp Vendetta Ride, Gunfight, In, It, Loyalist, Mexico, One, Other, Ramapos, The Cowboys, The San Francisco Examiner
related to Vaqueros · 23
Cowboy → American, Argentina, Canada, Don Juan, From, In, Jalisco, Mexican, Mexico, Mexico City, Michoacán, Native Americans, New Mexico, North, Oñate, Rio Grande, South, Southwestern United States, Spanish, Texas

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cattle cowboys horses american texas west also spanish ranch traditions many california often ranches work rodeo horse florida women western

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Cowboyis aanimal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America0.90text
the use of Oriental-type horsesinstance ofincluding Moorish elements0.80text
the la jineta riding style characterized by a shorter stirrupinstance ofincluding Moorish elements0.80text
solid-treed saddleinstance ofincluding Moorish elements0.80text
use of spursinstance ofincluding Moorish elements0.80text
the heavy noseband or hackamoreinstance ofincluding Moorish elements0.80text
the National Cowgirl Museuminstance ofInstitutions0.80text
Hall of Fame in modern years have attempted to gatherinstance ofInstitutions0.80text
document the contributions of women.There are few records mentioning girls or women working to drive cattle up the cattle trails of the Old Westinstance ofInstitutions0.80text
Evelyn Cameron documented the life of working ranch women during the late 19thinstance ofEarly photographers0.80text
early 20th centuries.While impractical for everyday workinstance ofEarly photographers0.80text
the sidesaddle was a tool that afforded women the ability to ride horses in public settings instead of being left on foot or confined to horse-drawn vehiclesinstance ofEarly photographers0.80text

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