[V K Lee]

Lots of old photos found at this site. American cowboys and days of old.

In which to place Donald J. Trump? A knight of old or an original American Cowboy? http://www.truewestmagazine.com/the-100-best-historical-photos-of-the-american-cowboy/

[gunnyg]

Yeh!
Mr Trump in...High Noon! or The Searchers.....oh no, that one was a racist flik...even in its day....

Semper America!
Dick.G: aka: Gunny G
*****

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

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[bigbob]

“Heifer-branded men”...lol. Then and now.

[A Navy Vet]

IIRC, the term "cowboy" didn't exist until the Earp/Clanton feud in Tombstone. It was a derogatory term associated with the Clantons/McLaurys who would cross the border and steal Mexican cattle. It's well documented in many books, writings, and court documents. BTW, they didn't wear red sashes like in the movie Tombstone. They were known to where sombreros, most likely to facilitate their theft of Mexican cattle.

The original terms were: drover, wrangler, cow-puncher, cattleman, and cow-herder. I could be wrong.

[dsrtsage]

We took this one while 4 wheeling across Nevada a couple of years ago (real photo, not staged).

[MUDDOG]

Trump

Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. He is the hero; he is everything.

[Bratch]

Best Cowboy Photo
A Texas Ranger during the Civil War before becoming a cattle businessman, Texas John Slaughter opened his final ranch near Douglas, Arizona. Robert G. McCubbin, the world’s foremost Old West photo collector, says this circa 1885 cabinet card of Slaughter’s cowboys is the best group photo of real working frontier cowboys. (Top row, from left) James Pursley, Walter Fife and James G. Maxwell. (Bottom row, from left) Billy Riggs, J.H. Mclelme and Judge John Blake.
– Courtesy Robert G. McCubbin Collection –

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

In which to place Donald J. Trump? A knight of old or an original American Cowboy?

I've always liked this one by Leighton called "Godspeed". I can imagine Sir Trump headed out to meet the enemy in a campaign to defend the realm.

So I'm a romantic. So what?

[waterhill]

My paternal grandfather was born in the OK Territory in 1895. He was 14 and his brother 12 when they rode their horses to Arizona to work cattle on a ranch. He naturally ended up in the cavalry for WWI. Later in the Air at Love Field Dallas. Never knew him, but I have pics of him and. He was a cowboy. Real.

[Trillian]

If you want to see all of The 100 Best Historical Photos of the American Cowboy, buy our January 2016 issue here!
Aww.. I love cowboys.

[Albion Wilde]

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[Tau Food]

I don’t see any women in those pics, but there is a Stag Dance.