{"id":1664,"date":"2023-12-22T19:57:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T19:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/weta\/iconic-america\/?post_type=journal&p=1664"},"modified":"2023-12-22T20:03:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T20:03:50","slug":"cowboys","status":"publish","type":"journal","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/weta\/iconic-america\/journal\/cowboys\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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My favorite rodeo cowboy is Bill Pickett. Of African American and Cherokee descent, he became one of the all time greats after he invented “bulldogging.” That’s when a cowboy jumps off his horse mid-gallop and tackles a steer to the ground. Talk about taking a bull by the horns!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Did you know that cowboy Western music is actually from all over the world?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cowboys pulled from British, Mexican, and Native American folk songs. They sang to the three rhythms of their horses: walking, trotting, or loping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not all cowboys were actually boys! Lots of women worked the ranges, ranches, and rodeos too.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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