The rugged spirit of the American West comes alive in old photos of cowboys and cowgirls who called the open range home. Long before Hollywood glamorized ranching and turned cowboys into legends, ...

Cowboys are iconic symbols of American history and culture, representing independence, toughness, and the sprawling freedom of the Western frontier. Emerging in the 19th century, these rugged, ...

Cowboy Carter Chronicle explores a groundbreaking course at the University of Houston that unravels the rich tapestry of Black contributions to the American West ...

Introduction: "don't leave out the cowboys!" / Bruce A. Glasrud -- Cowboys on the range -- Before emancipation: Black cowboys and the livestock industry / Deborah M. Liles -- Mathew "Bones" Hooks: a ...

Picture the American cowboy: a tough, independent spirit who casts a giant shadow in our hearts, the one who becomes the life of the party at a campfire gathering. Their tale is full of hardship, ...

Discover the untold stories of Black cowboys, outlaws, and protectors in the Wild West. From Bose Ikward's bravery to Cherokee Bill's rebellion, their legacies shaped ...

Cowboy boots epitomize America’s approach to style. From the flat rubber-soled option yanked on in the predawn hours of a long shift to the couture-adjacent styles headed to a televised red carpet, ...

GOLDEN • Terry Nash approaches the stage, a yellow bandana fastened around his neck, cowboy hat secured on his head and microphone in hand. On his hip, a leather phone case stamped with his family’s ...

"If there were no Black cowboys, then America would not exist." "To reclaim what was stolen from us, we have to tell everyone!" Hear, hear! NBC's Peacock has revealed an official trailer for a ...

Did you know that before John Wayne starred in 1969’s True Grit, it was a wildly popular book first? In fact, many of the most well-known Western movies and TV shows were novels first. Here’s just a ...

The town looks straight out of the Wild West, with saloons, sheriffs and cowboy hats galore, but in this endangered patch of the American frontier, everyone is speaking German.

Larry McMurtry, the famed Texas novelist, screenwriter and bookseller, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his book "Lonesome Dove," at his bookstore, Booked Up No. 1. The Wild West provides the backdrop for ...