Since the late 19th century the image of the western and cowboy culture has been a huge part of Texas legend. Farmers in the late 1800s needed laborers to round-up the cattle, mark them, and drive them to railheads in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming. It was during this time Texas' long relationship with the prominent image of the cowboy was born. As a result of farming influenced Texas’s and other’s impressions of the nation, the cowboys and everything related with them became the “de-facto” culture of the state well through the 20th century. As always, it is a legend, obviously, that all Texans are cowboys and adopted the western culture. For example, through the 20th and 21st centuries the number of Texans actively involved in farming has decreased considerably. Truth be told, just a few percentage of Texans gain their living through farming. Indeed, even in the 1800s Texas was not exclusively dependent on the cowboy for its meaning of
Since the late 19th century the image of the western and cowboy culture has been a huge part of Texas legend. Farmers in the late 1800s needed laborers to round-up the cattle, mark them, and drive them to railheads in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming. It was during this time Texas' long relationship with the prominent image of the cowboy was born. As a result of farming influenced Texas’s and other’s impressions of the nation, the cowboys and everything related with them became the “de-facto” culture of the state well through the 20th century. As always, it is a legend, obviously, that all Texans are cowboys and adopted the western culture. For example, through the 20th and 21st centuries the number of Texans actively involved in farming has decreased considerably. Truth be told, just a few percentage of Texans gain their living through farming. Indeed, even in the 1800s Texas was not exclusively dependent on the cowboy for its meaning of