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            Cowboys were once rulers of the West.  They could go about as they pleased, and they needed nothing but the open air and a sturdy horse.  But after the invention of the barbed wire fence, the cowboy’s life changed completely.  They were no longer able to go as they pleased throughout the west.  The west became tame, and so developed that much of the cowboy’s roaming lands were gone completely.  But the cowboy’s image never really changed completely.  The creation of westerns in the film business forever idolized the cowboys as the defenders of the west that we know and love.

 

 

          Even though much of the cowboys’ land was taken away, there are still many cowboys today.  Western apparel has become very popular, and western riding has actually become a type of sport.  But even though true cowboys are hard to find,