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The following list of cowboys and cowgirls from the frontier era of the American Old West (circa 1830 to 1910) was compiled to show examples of the cowboy and cowgirl genre. Cattlemen, ranchers, and cowboys
African Americans moved West as soldiers, as well as cowboys (see Black cowboy), farmhands, saloon workers, cooks, and outlaws. The Buffalo Soldiers were soldiers in the all-black 9th and 10th Cavalry regiments, and 24th and 25th Infantry Regiments of the U.S. Army. They had white officers and served in numerous western forts.
The Cowboy Way: An Exploration of History and Culture (2000) excerpt and text search Cattle Raisers Association of Texas. History of the cattlemen of Texas : a brief resume of the live stock industry of the Southwest and a biographical sketch of many of the important characters whose lives are interwoven therein (1914, reprint 1991). 350 pp. online
3. Bandera, Texas. Nicknamed the "Cowboy Capital of the World," this Wild West town in southern Texas was a staging ground for the last cattle drives of the 1800s.
A Black cowboy from the early 1900s. Black cowboys in the American West accounted for up to an estimated 25% of cowboys "who went up the trail" from the 1860s to 1880s, estimated to be at least 5,000 individuals. [1] They were also part of the rest of the ranching industry in the West. [2] [3]
Circa 1890 photo of a group of cowboys in New Mexico. In the Southwestern United States, the Hispano, [79] [80] ... In the early 1800s, the Spanish Crown, ...
Cowboys at the XIT Ranch in 1891. The XIT Ranch was a cattle ranch in the Texas Panhandle which operated from 1885 to 1912. Comprising over 3,000,000 acres (12,000 km 2) of land, it ran for 200 miles (300 km) along the border with New Mexico, varying in width from 20 to 30 miles (30 to 50 km).
1800s: Women: short hair; white hats; [7] trim, feathers, lace; Egyptian and Eastern influences in jewelry and apparel; shawls; hooded-overcoats; hair: masses of curls, sometimes pulled back into a bun; Men: linen shirts w. high collars; tall hats; hair: short and wigless, à la Titus or Bedford Crop, but often with some long locks left coming ...