Cowboys I Have Grown Up With

 November 30, 2024

   I grew up with some major cowboys. And, by major, I mean the No-Nonsense-Ropin'-Smokin'-Ka-Boys who walked the walk, but only if they couldn't ride a horse kind of cowboys.

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"My cousin Billy Hamilton at a Kingman Rodeo"

(from a photo)

   You see that stoved-up cowboy walking in the background? That's how all the cowboys I grew up with walked when they were off a horse.

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"Kingman Cowboys I Knew"

   Two of them did jail time and one of them was killed by his pet bull.

   On the other hand. . .

Wikieup Cowboys In Their Natural Habitat

   Yes, this is a pretty good cross section of the Wikieup Cowboys I knew growing up, and if you are from around those parts, you can easily spot the Shorts and the Banegas boys. Yes, and one Fancher.

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"Into The Valley of The Sugarloafs"

   There's a relatively new cowboy hat style that is making waves 'round these parts.

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"Cowboys With Shovel-fronts"

Others call this hat style the Flying Taco.

"You draw the things that won't leave you alone."

—A Well Known Drugstore Cowboy