American Cowboy | Traditional American Way of Life | Documentary | 1950
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A city-slicker reporter spends a year on a cattle ranch (Gunnison, Colorado) in order to find out what the life of a cowboy is like. This film provides an interesting and quite complete snapshot of the life of cattle ranchers and ranchhands during the 1950s. By that time, some aspects of ranching had been modernized, but others were virtually unchanged from the 19th-century days of the open range. A full year's worth of cowboy activities are shown, including branding, driving cattle to summer pastures, winter feeding in raging blizzards, rodeos, haying, and driving the cattle to market.
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A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico and became a figure of special significance and legend. A subtype, called a wrangler, specifically tends the horses used to work cattle. In addition to ranch work, some cowboys work for or participate in rodeos. Cowgirls, first defined as such in the late 19th century, had a less-well documented historical role, but in the modern world have established the ability to work at virtually identical tasks and obtained considerable respect for their achievements. There are also cattle handlers in many other parts of the world, particularly South America and Australia, who perform work similar to the cowboy in their respective nations.
The cowboy has deep historic roots tracing back to Spain and the earliest European settlers of the Americas. Over the centuries, differences in terrain, climate and the influence of cattle-handling traditions from multiple cultures created several distinct styles of equipment, clothing and animal handling. As the ever-practical cowboy adapted to the modern world, the cowboy's equipment and techniques also adapted to some degree, though many classic traditions are still preserved today.
Cowboys in popular culture:
As the frontier ended, the cowboy life came to be highly romanticized. Exhibitions such as those of Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show helped to popularize the image of the cowboy as an idealized representative of the tradition of chivalry.
In today's society, there is little understanding of the daily realities of actual agricultural life. Cowboys are more often associated with (mostly fictitious) Indian-fighting than with their actual life of ranch work and cattle-tending. The cowboy is also portrayed as a masculine ideal.
Actors such as John Wayne are thought of as exemplifying a cowboy ideal, even though western movies seldom bear much resemblance to real cowboy life. Arguably, the modern rodeo competitor is much closer to being an actual cowboy, as many were actually raised on ranches and around livestock, and the rest have needed to learn livestock-handling skills on the job.
However, in the United States and the Canadian West, as well as Australia, guest ranches offer people the opportunity to ride horses and get a taste of the western life-albeit in far greater comfort. Some ranches also offer vacationers the opportunity to actually perform cowboy tasks by participating in cattle drives or accompanying wagon trains. This type of vacation was popularized by the 1991 movie City Slickers, starring Billy Crystal.
American Cowboy | Traditional American Way of Life | Documentary | 1950
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I was born in Gunnison in ’35 and was raised on a sheep and cattle ranch just north of town that was not too far from the Robertson ranch. We did everything from lambing, sheering, docking, castrating and branding in the spring with the sheep and the same with our cattle, just like what was shown in the film. We drove our sheep up to the high-country summer range in the West Elk Mountains in early July and brought them down in October. We irrigated the fields in the summer and put up hay in August and September using all horse driven machinery. I also showed my steers at the Cattleman’s Day livestock show and rodeo and was in the parade several times driving teams and wagons. Then in October we shipped our livestock out by rail at the Gunnison stock pens along with all of the other ranchers from the different areas. Winter feeding at 30 below was an everyday chore as was milking our cows and feeding the rest of the livestock. Even my late grandfather worked as the engineer on the stock trains. I also worked on several other ranches during haying season to help out ranchers. It was all hard work but was a good life.
That great and nice to hear that's
The America we all fell in love with. It's a shame it's unrecognizable today.
clearly you've haven't been to Texas recently...i see ranches and cowboys everyday
@@kelvinfernandez4058 I am from Texas. I wrote the comment to mean America in general.
@@samanders2676 really it’s the big cities and coasts that are unrecognizable but I guess the cities have always been Ike that. It’s deceiving. I get your meaning though. The rest of America is still pretty traditional in a lot of ways. From Texas, and Arizona, to Michigan and Maine.
Hello Is Vermont going well ? 🍁🍁 is there any cowboys near Vermont
Still lots of good outfits in the west. I've worked on Nevada, Montana, and Wyoming.
0.38 "just try it in winter sometime" Never in the history of mankind have truer words ever been spoken. Thank you
That's sounds good
I'm telling you that sounds like heaven.
Are you still alive.
@@drvgxn4719 no I'm in hell please get help
“When I saw him roll a cigarette with 2 hands instead of 1, I was really sad.” LOL!
This was when the USA was great!
I was born in 1952 in N.Texas with a ranching heritage going back to 1849 when The DDD Ranch was founded by my G.G.Uncle. I used to love to ride horses and going to rodeos. My friends and I would go out hunting on our land when we were 12 years old and never had an accident.
Now days, if you accidentally drive your cattle onto Govt. land you get shot or thrown in prison. The USA has turned into a cesspool of Renegade Federal Agencies and Crooked Politicians trying to steal ranches and farms for personal gain.
Thanks for showing folks, what a great country used to be....unfortunately, those days are over.
God Help The USA!!!!!
+Profesor Giorgio A. Tsoukalos
Very thorough with some truth to your statements, but what does that have to do with my original comment? The American cowboy is as original as the Vaccaro's of Mexico or the Gauchos of Argentina.
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Saludos de un Expat-Texan en Argentina!
Su Ingles is mejor de mi Castllano amigo! jajaj Saludos!!!!
Professor Giorgio, Tengo mucho amigos en Mexico D.F. y San Miguel De Allende, me gusta Mexico y mi Amigos Mexicana. Saldos de un amigo de Texas y Buenos Aires, Argentia
Mexicans don't recognize American cowboys because they aren't that diffrent from ours.
It doesn't matter what your race is or where it originated from. A cowboy is someone who cares for cattle and goes by the values and virtues.
Exactly. I wanna grow up to be a cowboy but even in the black community people thing you're white washed for wanting to be in the country.
Something a cock asian would say
Im from Chihuahua Mexico, this how many rural communities are. Agricultural and ranching towns.
In my hometown we have festival parades in horses.
I grew up about 45 miles away from Gunnison. glad I could see its history told
The culture of the cowboy, has its origin, in the north of the territory of Mexico, it is necessary to mention that the historical fund is in Chihuahua, Mexico, where the first cowboys emerged, as well as the first original cowboy hats.
Cowboy acquired his lifestyle, clothing and work, from the Mexican cowboys who lived in the territory of Texas, in those days, Texas was part of Mexico, before the annexation of the territory to the United States, the American Cowboy was born of work of the Mexican cowboys of northern Mexico, who taught it to the Americans, the historic American cowboy of the late nineteenth century emerged from the cowboy traditions of northern Mexico and became a figure of special importance and legend of American Folklore becoming a cultural icon.
Although the Americans do not admit it out of pride, the cowboy emerged with Mexican origins.
It goes futher back than that. It originated from Spain.
@@agnosobosovo9775 no, they only rode their horses but they were not cowboys just for do that, the real cowboys were made in northern Mexico, they are the real cowboys
And which introduce cows in the american continent... ? Spain
Who
@@flora8006 No one is denying that. But the CULTURE OF THE COWBOY was invented in Mexico and Texas.
It's nice to see the old cowboys. I wanna be one when I'm older. My great grandpa had a ranch that was with him since Late 1800's.
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Thank you for the documentary.
This is sooooo interesting.....and the way it is told is sooooo funny!!!!!!!
I love how they just body slam calves.
I was surprised the necked 'em. We always went for the heels
US is not US without Cowboy's 🤠..
Cowboy's is really something's for me,..The Dirty road,cattle ranch,horses,boots,hats,dry fields, their Blue old Jeans and their Old pick up Trucks.. this is the best things I really like about USA, the Cowboy's and Country Musics 🥰
As an Asian, I totally agree with your statement.
American cowboy ( the backbone of america) ; moving cattle to feed america); the pony express which became the u.s postal service from st. Joseph, Missouri! Thomas greco/ kissimmee. Florida
nice documentary, thanks for the video post more like this
I'm not saying my generation is bad, but damn that looks like fine living.
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what's the name of the song at 10:40?
emile tremblay
The Best F- Am 5rchives
one of the best pieces of the history of the United States
THE best
All of this "cowboy culture" actually originated in Mexico, so this, too, is cultural appropriation.
Yatziri Anti-colonialism no mexico but spain
Shtup fuck up
As proud as i am to be a cowboy. That culture did come from the Mexicans and Tejanos. Whether the land, at that time, was under Spains rule or not. The ones working the land and over all making the style & culture that we today know as, Cowboy, were Mexicans and Tejanos.
Super Doc, pleased to see the hard work of a cowboy and real Ranch Story. Quiet different from what I saw on Gregory Peck movies which I love
Charming old film!
The precursors of the American cowboy were the Mexicans who raised cattle in the area of present-day Texas, when it was Mexican territory, before the annexation to the United States, their lifestyle and work was inherited from Mexicans who lived in the current Texan territory .
California also had skilled men on horseback, according to Richard Henry Dana who wrote a book about that region in 1840 when it still belonged to Mexico. As described:
When they go on long journeys, they ride a horse until they tire and grab another, pull the mount and the bridle over it, and after exhausting the animal, they take a third, and so on until the end of the trip. There are no better riders like Mexicans in the world.
wow - 30 below i will never know what that feels like winter in Australia out in the country it gets to - 6 in the middle of the night.
its interesting seeing what that area looked like back then .
love this video ,thank you
You are welcome Joe. Thank you for watching.
Love it too
@@TheBestFilmArchives 10:39 this means someone is dead in 10:33
Long Live Cowboys!
Long life issak👍
Love the Brand New Levi’s 506XX Type 1 jacket
In Mexico my dad owns a ranch and we live exactly like this
In every village they live like this. From Ireland to middle east . American cowboy got a certain style. Mexican have their own
because cowboy culture was started in Mexico!!!!!
@@basitk12 it started with Mexicans tho. give credit where its due
@@amykarr6163 It goes futher back than that. It originated from Spain.
@@Rocka1974 lmao no. if it started back in spain why don't they have anything from today's cowboy back there? the first cowboys are the native americans of mexico
The creators of Cowboy 🐴👢 culture it was the Mexicans 🇲🇽
(Not the Americans, who copied the traditions of the northern Mexicans).
Those who raised cattle in the current area of Texas, when it was Mexican 🇲🇽 territory, before the annexation to the United States, their lifestyle and work were inherited from Mexicans living in present-day Texas territory.
California also had skilled men on horseback, according to Richard Henry Dana, who wrote a book about that region in 1840 when it still belonged to Mexico. As described:
When they make long trips, they ride horses until they get tired and grab another one, they pull the saddle and bridle on it, and after exhausting the animal, they take a third one, and so on until the end of the trip. There are no better runners like Mexicans in the world.
Eu amo essa vida
Where can i find this in the year 2020? I Guess just like the romanticized western cowboys of old, this just fades away in time :(
22:33 dude doesn't look that strong😂
of course!
I put. In old time cowboys I got two the rest were gun slingers nothing like what a cowboy is, Great video cowboys are workers
Swedish Tobacco AKA SNUS is better than american chewing tobacco. YOU can order it online from sweden. search the net, if you cannot find it too bad for you :(
Hey, to all those commenting "this originated in Mexico", and "cultural appropriation"......SCREW YOU !!! Us ranch owners do not care what you think. We are not going to bow down to your feelings. Great film by the way.......
IronClad292 Screw you!! It's the truth! My family owns a ranch, the same ranch where my mexican ancestors were part of that mexican cowboy culture. That ranch is located in Texas, my family has been here since it was part of Mexico.
IronClad292 we should be happy that we share an amazing culture
good for you
@@arandaj5359 buddy you ain't mexican then mexican ain't a race itsa nationality your an american citizen now you sure might be hispanic but you ain't
mexican
@@kawliga_the_plastic_indian1673 I never said I was Mexican and I never mentioned my race.
looks like cowboy hats were smaller then today's.
The sizes have varied over the years as styles have changed. Same goes for types of boots and types of chaps.
Glenn ford ,cowboy
Hi there
Look at the harsh long shank bits that are being used on the horses.
Oh please snowflake
If it was hurting them, then they'd be throwing their head. That bit isn't hurting them.
sonseere10 You mean the spurs? Cowboys only tap them to the horses sides, which says "hey, I want you to start moving". They don't jab them into the horse, unless they're sadistic buttholes, so the horse doesn't get hurt
Those are "signal" bits. Tge horses are trained to neck resin. No direct contact is made with the mouth. The bits are made to be well balanced. I find them to be more gentle than a snaffle and direct reining.
@@ayesparky9789 Grow up and learn a thing or two about what it takes to do what is in the best interests of the horse, not you.
Welfare ranching at its best.
All of this "cowboy culture" actually originated in Mexico, so this, too, is cultural appropriation.
Yatziri Anti-colonialism Racist troll
+Yatziri Anti-colonialism damn this guy is in every comment with his “ I’m an asshole” comments
@@yatzirianti-colonialism4332 Cattle are native to Europe, so is the horse. So is nearly all of today's "Mexican cuisine". Cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and even coriander (called cilantro in Spanish) are native to Europe. When will the Mexicans concede that they speak a European language and worship in a European religion. Talk about cultural appropriation.
The calf catching does look cruel but I guess they don't have the same rope burn a human would and I guess the calf can walk it off.
Mama don’t let your babys grown up to be a cowboy
They already shouted a thousand times to me to return to my land,
Because here I do not fit
I want to remind the gringo: I did not cross the border, the border
crossed
America was born free, man divided it. They painted the line, to
that I would jump and call me invader is a well-marked error
They took away eight states who is the invader here. I'm a foreigner
my land, and I do not come to give you war, I am a hard worker.
And if history does not lie, here the powerful nation sat in glory
between brave warriors, Indians from two continents, mixed
with Spanish And if to the centuries we go away: we are more Americans,
We are more American than the son of Anglo-Saxon
They bought us without money the waters of the Rio Bravo. And they took away
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado. He also flew California and
Nevada with Utah were not filled, the state of Wyoming, too
they snatched it from me I am the blood of the Indian I am Latin I am mestizo
We are of all colors And of all the trades And if we count the centuries
Although it hurts the neighbor We are more Americans Than little ones
gringos
Beautiful
My main man Jorge Hernandez sang this song!
Calling someone cowboy is / was an insult
I have watched movies before and a cowboy goes to the general store and asks for R buckles what were they
It's spelled Arbuckle's and it was a popular brand of coffee beans that made strong, black camp coffee.
TreeTop
Cowboys are the ultimate babes 😍
What is it with Mexicans being so angry over cowboys symbolising America? Apple pie didn't originate in America either, but it's our stable because our people adopted and valued it. You don't see Americans going on videos about Australian Shepherds and bitching that those dogs originating in America.
Amen
Simply the fact that anglo americans don’t give Mexicans credit and claim they started it.
@Sigma Nayo
What antagonism are you even speaking of? The illegal ones who jump the border? I'm brown myself btw
@@TheKnoxvicious I did not crossed the border, the border cross over.
@@armanix3008
Where do we claim we invented it? It’s ranching. You didn’t invent ranching. This is like claiming the mafia and the Crips are the same thing. Both are gangs. Both are made to have loyalty to their gang. Both deal in crime and drugs. But their cultures are COMPLETELY different. The cowboy of America is a different character and that’s the one that people the world over know of.
The original cowboys was born in north of mexico🇲🇽 you'll have to know that
yes!!!! white people will say "it doesn't matter what race you are we are all cowboys 😩😩😩😩 and never credit Mexican native americans 😒😒😒😒😒
@Jim NORRIS The spaniards had no such thing as a cowboy. The cowboy was invented in Mexico and was later further developed in Texas. Although the Spanish were the ones who started the herding process of cows and then brought it over to Latin America. But the the style and clothing was created in Nortern Mexico. Just look up Nortenos de Chihuahua or look up Norteno music and look at the way they dress.
The precursors of the American cowboy were the Mexicans who raised cattle in the area of present-day Texas, when it was Mexican territory, before the annexation to the United States, their lifestyle and work was inherited from Mexicans who lived in the current Texan territory .
California also had skilled men on horseback, according to Richard Henry Dana who wrote a book about that region in 1840 when it still belonged to Mexico. As described:
When they go on long journeys, they ride a horse until they tire and grab another, pull the mount and the bridle over it, and after exhausting the animal, they take a third, and so on until the end of the trip. There are no better riders like Mexicans in the world.
Mexicans didn't have horses or cattle before the Europeans arrived. Without Europeans, there would be no Mexico.
Heeeehaww
🔫🦁🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦁🔫
Cultura 100% mexicana dejen de apropiársela
Sorry, the cowboy comes from the culture of the northern Mexican states
thats why theres so many where i live in texas
louder for the ignorants in the back!!!!
wat is di May frens no no
Am I the only one who felt bad for the calfs being treated violently by cowboys in the competition?
Abdullah Sharifi yes your the only one it doesn’t hurt them
The Cowboy is Mexican and Latin American
When America was great. The decline began with Vietnam.
The real original cowboy originated in old MEXICO. Thats right country folk.. MEXICO VAQUEROS of native American mexican folk and mestizo men.
Jacob Stahl the only thing US consumes is drugs
Mexicans were the original cowboys.....the vaqueros....then the blacks....then the sheep....jejej
Deckie Deckie it was the Spanish actually. But Mexican and Spanish and American cowboy culture are all very different. Only similarity is the job. But they look and dress different.
Douglass MacArthur it wasn't the Spanish there horsemen see more similar to other europeans
the Spaniards was not the first cowboys becausethe cowboys was for lower class, Spaniards just bring the horses,and in Mexico they invent the rest, the rodeo,hat, tie but is amazing the culture that USA and Mexico share
I don't care if Americans are cowboys as long as they recognize it's Hispanic origins. Anglo had very little to do with cowboy culture and let's say it's not Mexican it's still not American it's an Iberian tradition and they have to give credit to Spain not America but the truth is this culture originated in Mexico ;)
hell yeah im from Spain you made happy for today
The precursors of the American cowboy were the Mexicans who raised cattle in the area of present-day Texas, when it was Mexican territory, before the annexation to the United States, their lifestyle and work was inherited from Mexicans who lived in the current Texan territory .
California also had skilled men on horseback, according to Richard Henry Dana who wrote a book about that region in 1840 when it still belonged to Mexico. As described:
When they go on long journeys, they ride a horse until they tire and grab another, pull the mount and the bridle over it, and after exhausting the animal, they take a third, and so on until the end of the trip. There are no better riders like Mexicans in the world.
@@gabrielolme9107 you are not giving credits to arabians who brought horses to spain.
@@gabrielortega9139 huh? horses lived in Spain ancient of days....lol...dumb. I lived there and studied the Spanish horse...
No the first real vaqueros were in California or Florida. They rode for Spain.
It was all under the Spanish land grant system.
Million acre ranches in California. Few roads.
This is where American horsemanship originated
A Copy of the real mexican cowboy in the mexican north territoris
ALan Alcaraz doesn't matter what your race is. A cowboy is a cowboy.
my race is the human which is yours reptilian or something
Hahahh funny because most people who lived in mexicos northern territories were American.
You Mexicans didn't create the "cowboy". Americans did, by making the symbolic hat and culture and tradition.
Bottle of Bourbon yes an mexican espain tradition the spurs the chaps the texan mount all mexican invents Oh really, I thought America was a continent not a country where my Spanish ancestors discovered Asia not America, an apology, Mexico and their stolen territories from the north were located elsewhere, I am American and I was born and grew up in Mexico and my ancestors Spaniards came first to AMERICA AND I REFER TO THE CONTINENT, THERE IS NO COUNTRY CALLED AMERICA AND THE AMERICANS ARE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN SUCH CONTINENT
All of this "cowboy culture" actually originated in Mexico, so this, too, is cultural appropriation.
Shut the hell up your on almost every comment damn
by spaniards AKA Mexican's ancestors not by anglo saxons, so get your pirate hands off my culture, biatch
Cowboys are a copy of the Mexican Vaqueros and Mexican Charros. The western boots are Mexican. The Anglo crossing illegally to the west noticed the Mexican Vaqueros wearing a special riding shoe "La Bota". The riding shoe was brought by the Spaniards but Mexicans redesigned it and created was is now known as Western Boot. The Spanish boot was low (known as botin) and had a heel similar to the Cuban heel. The Mexican took this cultural and inherited tradition and made the shoe "tall" with a long shaft to help waterproof the shoe up to/close to the knee (for mud, water and cattle poo proofing), they added pull straps and added personalized decorative sewn figures. The horse saddle of the American Cowboys another copy of the Mexican Vaqueros saddle, look at the English horse saddles, totally different than the Mexican horse saddle and your horse American saddle looks more Mexican than English right?same as the roping technique which was "NEW" to the Anglo. . Even the words of the Mexican Vaqueros were taken by the Anglo: Lasso=Laso, Bukkaro=Vaquero, Bronco, Corral etc. American Rodeo? See Mexican Charreria and Mexican Jaripeo. Nothing against the Cowboys, they made a name for themselves but were not the first and did not invent anything. Saying otherwise will be cultural appropriation as western tradition is Mexican tradition.
those "white men" that you are speaking of are SPANIARDS not british, so this is NOT part of your culture, stop stealing it
You either have a low IQ or are under 18 years old with the mentality of an eight year old. You dont get it do you? The Spanish brought the horse to America, that includes Mexico all the way down to South America and the British brought horses to the American colonies and Canada. I never said otherwise!! Horses come from Europe, YES! When did I say Mexico had horses before colonization? Neither the USA had horses at the time!! America as a continent had no horses before the arrival of the European. We are talking here about the "American" western cowboy culture moron. The Spanish arrived first than the British, colonized America and brought their traditions that mixed with the Mestizo (mestizo is a mix of Spanish and native Indian american of Mexico (Aztec and others). The Mestizo aka Mexican took different approach about horse riding, changing/creating the saddle, horse riding technique, and the riding Spanish shoe (western boot as is known today) and sombrero (western hat). They also created their own way to manage cattle, ranching and farming different than the Spanish or Europeans. The Western USA as you know it today was Mexican. The American had no idea of these cattle techniques until they migrated "West" into Mexican territory and adopted/copied the Mestizo aka Mexican Vaquero ranching life. Did you ever take a history lesson? Are confused? you are probably in the wrong channel. We are talking Cowboy/Vaquero tradition here, who was first, not about horse origin
why glorify people whose ancestors robbed and murdered the rightful owners of the land
the first cowboys in history were mexicans with spanish ancestry the spaniards brought the first horses to america do not steal our culture
Mexican Culture.
I love how they just body slam calves.