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Cowboys Who Made The West Wild

Created on Jan 26, 2016 by Daniel Pinna

Remember playing Cowboys and Indians?

In the 1700s, the term cowboy came from the Spanish word 'vaquero', which literally meant a boy who tended to cows. By the 1850s however, the term cowboy came to mean more what we think of: a blue jeans, hat, & spurs wearin’, horse ridin’, North American cattle handler.

How could we forget Cowboys after highlighting Native American photos? Check out these cowboy snapshots below.

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Looking tough, and well-armed, out on the frontier

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Photo of William Parker William Parker
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Wild West performer and Wingshot Champion of the World: Captain Enoch Elmer Stubbs

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Photo of Cindy Beggs Cindy Beggs
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Canadian Cowboys knew how to have fun: notice the young man having a drink

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Photo of Emily May Emily May
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Cowboys in action, wrangling horses

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Washing up for dinner down at the SMS Ranch

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Go ahead, make my day

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West Texas around 1890

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Not all Texas cowboys looked rugged

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Photo of Donna Arps Donna Arps
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Wild West prairies in 1887

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The Regulators - round up

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