What It Was Like to Be a Cowboy in the Wild West

Contrary to Hollywood scripture, RL Cowboy Lyfe was less Rawhide and more A Million Ways to Die of Dysentery in the Desert. The life of a cowboy in the 1800s was a full plate of hard work, danger, and monotony with a heaping helping of dust, snakes, bugs, and beans on the side.

Today we’re exploring what it was really like to be a cowboy in the wild west.


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