The popular image of the cowboy is a rugged American man bringing justice to the Wild West. But cowboys and cowboy culture ...

The average wage for a white American cowboy between 1880 and 1930 was $1 per day, Michael Grauer, curator of cowboy culture at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma, ...

It wasn’t widely recognized but the nation did have a celebration for the 18th annual National Day of the American Cowboy.

Anyone who's ever pulled on a pair of cowboy boots or a ten gallon hat may be interested to know that this week cowpokes across the country will be celebrating the National Day of the American ...

As these photos reveal, a cowboy's life was a hard one, but living freely on America's western frontier nevertheless appealed to thousands of men. These photos were taken across the American West ...

When it came to some of the most urgent and enduring pop culture of 2023, the cowboy was center stage. As far as I could see, listen and experience, that most iconic of American characters was ...

From a small-town rodeo where admission used to be $.90 to a 10-day event with more than $3 million in prize money, here are eight rodeos worth dusting off your cowboy hat for this summer. 1.

To give me a glimpse of the American West from their vantage point, a member loans me her Jack Daniel’s cowboy hat, and at the group’s insistence, I hoist myself onto Jellybean for a surprise ...

NPT's Unsung American Cowboy with Dom Flemons, a special event inspired by Iconic America. Join Dom Flemons as he narrates a captivating panel on Black cowboys.

Above: Otis Kwame Quaicoe, Rodeo Boys, 2022, oil and fabric applique on canvas Artists have long been key to creating and propagating the foundational myth of the American cowboy. First came ...

Black cowboy culture is thriving in SoCal, with events and activities ranging from the groundbreaking 'Black Cowboys' exhibition at the Autry Museum to the inaugural Charlie Sampson Rodeo.