In his introduction to The American Cowboy, Bob Edgar speaks of a "far-sighted fraternity"-the photographers such as Belden, Huffman, Koerner, Smith, and Kendrick-who recorded images of cattle drives, frontier towns, roundup camps, cowboys on the range, chuck wagons, and horses and cattle. They probably knew that they were recording for posterity both a dramatic and emotive period in history and a changing country, in this case the cattlemen's frontier, which existed from the end of the Civil War to the early part of the twentieth century. Through the work of a small number of photographers whose pictures have been selected from museums and state historical society collections, The American Cowboy's stirring series of images capture the movement of life on the range. That this way of life no longer exists lends additional poignancy. Now, as our frontier extends itself into a new millennium with disparate concerns, The American Cowboy offers an evocative message of "a dream and a forgetting, a chapter forever closed." |
 (Select any picture to ENLARGE it)
Website queries: webwrangler@cowboyoutfitters.com Contact a manager: feedback@cowboyoutfitters.com Toll Free Phone: (800) 791-7264 Local & Overseas: (281) 426-3280 Fax: (800) 878-3970 Copyright© 1998-2008 by Cowboy Adventures, Inc. Cowboy Outfitters® is a registered trademark of Cowboy Adventures, Inc. Cowboy Outfitters® Logo by Western Artist Randy Follis CowboyOutfitters.com protects visitors and customers with a strict Privacy Policy Prices and availability subject to change without notice; retail prices approximate Text, graphics, audio, design, software, and other works are copyrighted works of Cowboy Adventures, Inc. Redistribution or reproduction of any materials herein is strictly prohibited All Rights Reserved |
