Puzzling

Posted on October 18, 2016 by russtowne

Why are they called cowboys when they ride horses not cows?

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Russ

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13 Responses to Puzzling

  1. willowdot21's avatar willowdot21 says:
    October 18, 2016 at 11:00 pm

    Because they are…right!

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  3. lovern2012's avatar lovern2012 says:
    October 19, 2016 at 1:11 am

    Lol. Maybe because they round up cows.

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  4. utesmile's avatar utesmile says:
    October 19, 2016 at 6:12 am

    One of those unanswered questions….. probably they used to ride cows once or tried it at least.

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  5. tunisiajolyn84's avatar tunisiajolyn84 says:
    October 19, 2016 at 9:56 am

    Ha! Good damn question. Hot dogs always perplexed me.

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  6. writeshianwrite's avatar writeshianwrite says:
    October 19, 2016 at 10:37 am

    Because they use to herd cows across country. They rode on horses because it was they only mode of transportation. This was before trains. It was quite dangerous and not as glamorous as Hollywood made it to be.

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    • russtowne's avatar russtowne says:
      October 19, 2016 at 6:59 pm

      Thanks Shian. Yes, most people who were cowboys or in the enlisted ranks in the army were poor, often recent immigrants, and not infrequently escaping from trouble back east. The wild west was not an easy life for such folks, and the jobs available to men and women in those situations were tough, miserable, and often dangerous.
      Russ

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