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Line 1: + + + + − '''Cowboy''' is a term for a man hired by a rancher to drive or tend to [[cattle]] or [[horse]]s on the open range, often on horseback, as well as maintaining the ranch fixtures and fencing. Originating after 1850 from [[Mexico|Mexican]] ''vaqueros'', the cowboy developed into an icon of the American West.+ +
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[[Image:COWBOY1902.JPG|thumb|350px|American cowboy, 1902]]
'''Cowboy''' is a term for a man hired by a rancher to drive or tend to [[cattle]] or [[horse]]s on the open range, on horseback, as well as maintaining the ranch fixtures and fencing. Originating after 1850 from [[Mexico|Mexican]] ''vaqueros'', the cowboy developed into an icon of the American West.
Cowboys are celebrated figures in novels and films, and compete before large audiences in western rodeos.
[[Image:Rodeo.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Cowboys competing at a [[rodeo]]]]
[[Image:Rodeo.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Cowboys competing at a [[rodeo]]]]
see [[Cattle drives]]
==References==
==References==
*[http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org/ National Cowboy Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]
*[http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org/ National Cowboy Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]
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