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The mounted cowboy of the early American West tended stock for cattle owners. Because cowboys worked in largely unsettled and unpoliced territory, they became responsible for protecting the herds from cattle rustlers. This responsibility led to the romanticized notion of the courageous and chivalric cowboy, as portrayed in legends, books, and movies. Pictured on horseback in characteristic garb, the cowboy wore leather chaps to protect his legs, a ten-gallon hat to shield his head from the elements, and high-heeled boots to help him ride.

Beginning in the 1860s cowboys drove cattle from farms in places such as Texas to cities on the Great Plains. From there the cattle were loaded into railroad cars and taken to slaughterhouses in urban centers such as Chicago. By the late 1870s railroads connected more of the country and cattle drives were no longer necessary.

Cowboys are a common sight in Montana, a state in which towns are separated by vast distances. As a result, horseback riding is a particularly common form of recreation. Here, a man participates in a bucking bronco contest.

Among the exhibits at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center is this plaster and wire statue by James Earle Fraser entitled End of the Trail. The 5.4-m (18-ft) statue symbolizes the end of the frontier. The center is the repository of a grand collection of Western art and has research facilities for the study of the history of the West. An old pioneer town and Native American village have also been re-created within the confines of the center.


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