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cowboy Originally, a lawless marauder. The name was first applied to some pro-British gangs in the USA during the American War of Independence, who roamed the neutral ground of Westchester county in New York state (their Revolutionary counterparts were ‘skinners’). By the 1870s, a cowboy described a herder of cattle on the Great Plains. The cattle industry spread across the Great Plains from Texas to Canada and westward to the Rocky Mountains. The introduction of barbed wire to fence in ranches rapidly encroached on the open ranges, and by 1895 railway expansion had made trail-driving uneconomical, and cowboys settled to work on the cattle ranches.
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The Cowboy: Representations of Labor in an American Work Culture.
Magazine article from: Journal of Social History; 9/22/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...posits a division between cowboy society and non-cowboy society. He then demonstrates how cowboys used their work experiences...also examines the image of cowboys as drifters and orphans, illustrating how cowboy society used self-representations...
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COWBOY RUDY: REAL COWBOYS ROPE IN SOME FUN
Newspaper article from: Boise Weekly; 5/25/2005; ; 699 words
; ...honored him with the American Cowboy Culture Award in Lubbock...Let's not overlook the Cowboy Church," Gonzales said...interfaith get-together. Cowboys sing the old gospel tunes...and a major jam session. The Cowboy Gathering "is a wonderful...
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 "The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)")
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COWBOY SPOKEN HERE.(Lifestyle)(A cowboy poet and rookie disc jockey rustles up a prestigious national award)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 7/22/2007; 700+ words
; ...CRESWELL - Dallas McCord is a cowboy poet and he knows it - and...cowdogs." So he began to write cowboy poetry before he even knew...The Eulogy," about three cowboys killed in a stampede who encounter...at their funerals, the last cowboy replies: "I've lived a...
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'Cowboy Music' expands its range.
News Wire article from: United Press International; 10/2/2003; 700+ words
; ...conjure images as romantic as the cowboy riding his horse into the sunset...in hundreds of films about cowboys and life in the West, the...festivals honoring Western -- or cowboy -- art forms will be held...Colorado, Red Steagall's Cowboy Poetry and Western Swing Gathering...
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'Cowboy poets' to attract thousands to library gathering in Colorado. (Great Pikes Peak Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Pikes Peak Library District)
PR Newswire; 5/9/1990; 700+ words
; ...each time we share our cowboy poetry is the awareness...maybe it) takes cowboys and cowboy poets to lead the way...aren't mere drugstores cowboys. Most live on working...Americans are coming home to cowboy poetry like a slice...
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Cowboy songs are the kind of music Don Edwards was born to sing.(The Dallas Morning News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 12/7/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...and `50s, he played cowboy with his friends and...his fascination with cowboys went deeper. He devoured...and "The Drifting Cowboy," all written by Will...1998. "Traditional cowboy music is basically a...collected from among cowboys. When I say `cowboys...
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COWBOY SINGER RIDES BACK INTO TOWN
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press; 10/31/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...moved west to become cowboys and ranchers. They brought...by the 1870s, the `cowboy sound' had elements...that way of life. The cowboy stands for independence...We grew up watching cowboy movies and cowboys on TV. A lot of us are...
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Cowboys back in playoffs and NFL is loving it.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 1/2/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...more interest and more flavor because the Cowboys are there. The numbers don't lie...what they've done over the years. The Cowboys, when they were good, every game that...game," said Madden, who will call the Cowboys-Carolina Panthers game at 7 p.m...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Cowboy Church has unique brand of religion
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 1/10/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...just before the chute opens with another cowboy atop a menacing bull. But this isn...rodeo. It's an outreach ministry of the Cowboy Church of Ellis County, which has grown...bills itself as the world's largest cowboy church. The movement is about 40 years...
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Cowboy heroes are for kids
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 11/2/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...skin colors, whereas my cowboy heroes came in one color - sunburned white. While cowboys didn't believe in wasting...child and idolized gruff cowboys with sunburned skin and...I have set aside my cowboy heroes in favor of charismatic...in many skin colors. Cowboys belong to my youthful...
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Cowboy Boots
Book article from: Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
Cowboy Boots Cowboy boots arrived in the American West from Mexico, and they had been brought...there when a horseman had to stand up in the saddle to rope cows. Early cowboy boots were difficult to walk in, because they were designed for use...
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Cowboy Songs
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...disturbing noises, the cowboys came to croon or yodel...songs descriptive of cowboy life. So long as the...Underwood. Vaqueros, Cowboys, and Buckaroos. Austin...History of the American Cowboy in Song, Story, and...Slatta, Richard W. Cowboys of the Americas. New...
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Cowboys
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...the open range, cowboy work was seasonal...off most of their cowboys during the winter...them, and changed cowboy life and work forever. In the new order, cowboys were often called...emerged a more enduring cowboy of legend. By the...culture had rescued cowboys from historical ...
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American Cowboy
Book article from: Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
...of the key elements of cowboy attire have entered into...of life. The American cowboys borrowed much of their...good footing. Early cowboy boots had square toes...By the 1890s fancy cowboy boots were being sold...mail-order catalogs. Cowboys first captured the public...
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Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd. One Cowboys Parkway Irving, Texas 75063 U.S.A. Telephone: (972...million (1999) NAIC: 711211 Sports Teams and Clubs The Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd. is the most profitable professional sports...
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