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A ranch hand is a manual laborer on a ranch, such as a cowboy. Ranch Hand may also refer to: Operation Ranch Hand, a US Air Force operation during the Vietnam war; Ranch Hand Truck Accessories, an American manufacturer of heavy duty truck accessories; Rossi Ranch Hand, a Mare's Leg-style handgun
A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico and became a figure of special significance and legend. [ 1 ]
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Lawman Bat Masterson wearing a bowler hat.The bowler hat was later replaced by the cowboy hat.. In the early days of the Old West, it was the bowler hat rather than the slouch hat, center crease (derived from the army regulation Hardee hat), or sombrero that was the most popular among cowboys as it was less likely to blow off in the wind. [1]
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He brought the jingling spur with bells of hand-wrought steel. He brought the hair-rope in strands of alternate black and white, and the hand- whirled wheel for twisting it; also the hand-wrought bit, not so crude as it looked to be, and a necessity in bullock-hunting. All this away back in the thirties, long before the birth of the modern cow-boy.
Horn wandered and took jobs as a prospector, ranch hand, and rodeo contestant, but he is most notorious for being hired by numerous cattle companies as a cowboy and hired gun to watch over their cattle and kill any suspected rustlers. Horn developed his own means to fight thieves: "I would simply take the calf and such things as that stopped ...
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