The glorified image of the cowboy was not always a cornerstone of the Texan image. Films and Music depicting the larger than life cowboy played a large role in the creation of the mythos of the cowboy in the early twentieth century. Not only did these films and music groups show what the creators were thinking of the subject, it also influenced the way the viewers saw the cowboy. This image created by the popular movies and music is what lead to the collective cultural memory of a cowboy, not only just in Texas but across the country as well. This romanticized image of the cowboy became accepted because in a way “it allows some Texans to view their past as they would like to remember it rather than as historians today interpret it.” (Lone
