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The Life of a Cowboy
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The Life of a Cowboy
Why did they move?
- Money
- Get away from home
- Farming
- Pressurising families
- Boredom
- Escape
- Uneducated and Illiterate
- No other oportunities
Dangers
- Conflict with Indians
- Conflict with Homesteaders
- Johnson County War
- Cattle Stolen
- Injury
- Cattle stampedes
- Extreme weather conditions
- Thick dust
Daily lives
- Handling large cattle heards
- Away from home for 3-4 months
- Extremely hot
Ranching
- Ride the Line
- Mend Fences
- Boredom
- Cowboy's decline
- Ride the Line
Views
- Seen as Savage
- Links to views of Indians
- Unpredictable
- Don't consider results
- People threatened by them
- Seen as Savage
The Job
- Drove the longhorns to markets in the north
- Traded Cattle for money
- Average crew had 11 men
- They would protect eachother
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- Part of GCSE History course, American West. Looks at the lives of cowboys, the dangers they faced, their job and reasons for them, and opinions on the cowboys.
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- I Turner
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