Cowboys

>>2820414
Yes but they were Spanish not anglo.

>>2820414
Thieves and vigilantes existed in the old west. Sometimes they rode horses and wore big hats. They may have very rarely had duels at high noon.

So I guess so, yes.

Yes but the Wild West wasn't nearly as wild as the movies would have you think:

>>2820414
Sort of. They were mostly guys just helping lead cattle. The gunslinging part is mostly a myth.

Yes but they were extremely romanticized by movies, they were farm hands ocasionally involving in illegal activities like cattle rustling.

>>2820430

Why?

>>2820414
Saw some documentation claiming a good chunk of the cowboys were former slaves, ie niggers

>>2820629
WE WUZ KAOBOIZ N SHIEET

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>>2820629
is there something unusual about it? cattle is hard work

>>2820641
>there's no way niggers could have gone around stealing cows and shooting each other in the old west
>niggers never steal anyth- oh wait fuck

>>2820629
That's one of the few "we wuz" stories that's actually true.

Yeah, for like 5 years in a specific part of America.

>>2820414
I heard most were hispanic and anglo settlers adopted the lifestyle too.

>>2820414
Along with the mentioned spanish cowboys, there was also a (fairly) large population of norwegian ranchers who lent a lot to the cowboy image.

yeah

Yes. Pastoral nomads are basically cowboys who bring their families and property with them and have existed for millenia. The Mongol Empire was the cowboy Kingdom

>>2820414
Cowboy used to be an insult which basically meant rustler/cattle thief. Look up the Clanton gang that Wyatt Earp went against.

Horse riders who herded cattle and horses for grazing have existed ever since we domesticated the horse.

The "modern cowboy" is simply that in an american context. Most of them had guns or could easily access guns but to use one would be a very very rare occasion. Certainly not for gunning down people at the local saloon.