"The boundaries moved": How the Spanish vaquero became the American cowboy
The myth of the cowboy is as deeply interwoven into the American identity as bald eagles and the stars and stripes. But that cowboy hat, that lasso, those pointy boots? They actually trace back to the Spanish vaquero. As Wyoming Public Radio's Melodie Edwards found out, it's a way of life that's still alive and well in the American West.
Source: wyomingpublicmedia.org