This annual event has been named The Best Event of its kind in the nation by western lifestyle magazine, American Cowboy. While most people think cowboys originated in the United States, in truth, cowboys originated elsewhere but were popularized in America. Cowboys are of Spanish descent, and the first cowboys were herders and rangers who rode across the rolling plains of Spain with their trusty horses and cowboy felt hats. The need to drive vast herds of cattle came to the U.S. with the westward expansion, and soon cowboys were popularized in the Southwestern United States. While there were not as many cowboys by the 1900s, the cowboy became an idol of America and the western world /http://www.cowboyhatsandmoreblog.com/Yes, Virginia, there are cowboys. The tough, hardworking, salt-of-the-earth men and women who make your juicy T-bone possible are getting their own day of recognition. Keith Urban-listening, jacked-up pick-up driving, tight jeans-wearing, soft-handed yahoos... the real deal: people who work the land for a living, and actually know how to ride a horse, throw a lariat, and mend a fence.
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