Myth & Legend—Myth of the Cowboy Culture- When many tourists around the world visits Texas to explore, they all have a very interesting question to ask from the Texas citizens and that would be what makes Texas culture so extraordinary? And the answer to this question certainly would be the “Cowboys” from them. They would not be mentioning to the famous “Dallas Cowboys” of football legend, but they are referring to the cowboy culture that seems to spread throughout the state. Many tourists visit this historical city of Fort Worth because, possibly the center of this cowboy culture is Fort Worth where the slogan of this city is “Where the West Begins”. Here, visitors travel to the historic stockyards north of downtown to see the Fort Worth Herd,
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Since the late 19th century the image of the western and cowboy culture has been a huge part of Texas legend. Farmers in the late 1800s needed laborers to round-up the cattle, mark them, and drive them to railheads in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming. It was during this time Texas' long relationship with the prominent image of the cowboy was born. As a result of farming influenced Texas’s and other’s impressions of the nation, the cowboys and everything related with them became the “de-facto” culture of the state well through the 20th century. As always, it is a legend, obviously, that all Texans are cowboys and adopted the western culture. For example, through the 20th and 21st centuries the number of Texans actively involved in farming has decreased considerably. Truth be told, just a few percentage of Texans gain their living through farming. Indeed, even in the 1800s Texas was not exclusively dependent on the cowboy for its meaning of
Since the late 19th century the image of the western and cowboy culture has been a huge part of Texas legend. Farmers in the late 1800s needed laborers to round-up the cattle, mark them, and drive them to railheads in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming. It was during this time Texas' long relationship with the prominent image of the cowboy was born. As a result of farming influenced Texas’s and other’s impressions of the nation, the cowboys and everything related with them became the “de-facto” culture of the state well through the 20th century. As always, it is a legend, obviously, that all Texans are cowboys and adopted the western culture. For example, through the 20th and 21st centuries the number of Texans actively involved in farming has decreased considerably. Truth be told, just a few percentage of Texans gain their living through farming. Indeed, even in the 1800s Texas was not exclusively dependent on the cowboy for its meaning of