11.17.2016 - By The CSICON Network
In part two of our short series on the cowboy, we dive into the peak years of the big cattle drives, the crystallization of American cowboy accoutrements, and take a look at some of the noteworthy personalities that made names for themselves in and around the cattle towns of the second half of the nineteenth century.
Show notes and links:
* The History Files #76: Cowboys Pt. 1 (csicon.fm)
* Bad Cat Productions (youtube.com)
* Charlie Siringo (author of “A Texas Cowboy”)
* “Arizona Cowboys”, Dane Coolidge (amazon.com)
* “Bear River” Thomas J. Smith
* John Wesley Hardin
* Elmer Keith
* Monte Walsh (1970 film)
* Bad Cat Store at Zazzle (zazzle.com)
* Archive.org – today’s special music, “Get Along Little Doggies” performed by the Cartwright Brothers (1927)