Open range
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In the Western United States and Canada, open range is rangeland where cattle roam freely regardless of land ownership. Where there are "open range" laws, those wanting to keep animals off their prope
Red Desert rangeland in Wyoming
Open Range sign along southbound U.S. Route 93 in Lincoln County, Nevada.
A cattle roundup in Colorado, c.1898.
An open range sign along the Interstate 10 Frontage Road in southern Arizona.
Cowboy
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A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often perform many other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th c
Open range
…some practical limits on grazing areas at various times. Free-roaming range cattle were calved, moved between grazing lands, and driven to market by cowboys. Brands on cattle marked who owned them. Unbranded cattle, known as "mavericks", could become the property of anyone able to capture and brand them…
Cowboys portrayed in Western art. The Herd Quitter by C. M. Russell
American cowboy, 1887
"King of the Plains" postcard, 1898–1924
18th-century soldado de cuera in colonial Mexico