Iconic Old Cowboy
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Chas. E. Morris, Chinook, Montana Unknown po0141p.jpg PO-0141 B&W 1700-0141-0000 po0141p Postcard 3x5 Historic Photographs 1903 - 1910 Reproduction requires permission. Digital images property of SHM Library & ArchivesDescription
This photo is of an iconic old cowboy. The postcard states this is “Dad” Hickman at age 72, "The Oldest Cow Boy on the Range."
While paintings, photos, books, and motion pictures have depicted the American cowboy as being larger than life, in reality a cowboy’s life was rugged and hard. Every day cowboys worked under the hot sun, driving cattle, mending fences, and looking for stray cattle or horses. It was not glamorous.
And yet, there is nothing more iconic than the American cowboy. Revered and respected to the present day, the cowboy represents a way of life that most of us have only heard about. It was the cowboys and ranchers who helped settle the American West and Southwest in the 19th century, and we have many of them to thank for much of what we have today.
Cowboys of that era often did not live to be very old. The ones who did, such as the elderly cowman in this photo, were deeply respected by the younger generations. Images such as this reflect the pride of the old frontiersman, who devoted his life to working hard on the range.
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