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The word cowboy did not begin to come into wider usage until the 1870s. The men who drove cattle for a living were usually called cowhands, drovers, or stockmen. [4] While cowhands were still respected in West Texas, [5] in Cochise County the outlaws' crimes and their notoriety grew such that during the 1880s it was an insult to call a legitimate cattleman a "cowboy."
The English word cowboy has an origin from several earlier terms that referred to both age and to cattle or cattle-tending work. The English word cowboy was derived from vaquero, a Spanish word for an individual who managed cattle while mounted on horseback. Vaquero was derived from vaca, meaning "cow", [3] which came from the Latin word vacca.
John Horton Slaughter with his shotgun Incorrectly identified as "Terry's Texas Rangers" in fact these were cowboys of John H. Slaughter; see [1]. John Horton Slaughter (October 2, 1841 – February 16, 1922), also known as Texas John Slaughter, was an American lawman, cowboy, poker player and rancher in the Southwestern United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
In most of the South, there were very few cities of any size for miles around, and this pattern held for Texas as well, so railroads did not arrive until the 1880s. They then shipped the cattle out and cattle drives became short-distance affairs. However, the passenger trains were often the targets of armed gangs. [242]
Shooting Cowboys and Indians: Silent Western Films, American Culture, and the Birth of Hollywood. (2003). 230 pp. Stanley, David and Thatcher, Elaine, eds. Cowboy Poets and Cowboy Poetry. (2000) Streeter, Floyd "Texas Cattle Drives to a Ranch on Bluff Creek" Capt. Eugene B. Millett "Wichita State Library" MS 74-31; Tompkins, Jane.
Klapper was a real-life cowboy who features in a poignant cameo in the episode. When Rip (Cole Houser) is in Pampa, Texas, moving a cattle heard south, Lloyd (Forrie J. Smith) tells him he had an ...
Legendary cowboy and spur maker Billy Klapper had a cameo in season 5, episode 9 of 'Yellowstone,' and was also honored following his recent death. ... Texas. He would make as many as 200 spurs ...
Ringo left his mother, brother, and sisters in San Jose, California, in 1869 and moved to Mason County, Texas. [5] He befriended an ex-Texas Ranger Scott Cooley who was the adopted son of rancher Tim Williamson. Trouble started when two American rustlers, Elijah and Pete Backus, were dragged from the Mason jail and lynched by a predominantly ...