Ranch manager Mark Dunning oversees a roundup at the Big Creek cattle ranch near the Colorado border in Carbon County… Free Photo from public domain license 
Jongen leunend over een onderdeur (1821) by Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. Original from The Rijksmuseum. Digitally enhanced by… Free from public domain license 
Cowhand Chad Ferguson works the herd at the Ladder Livestock Ranch's cattle operation in Moffat County, Colorado, immediately… Free Photo from public domain license 
Cowboy from The West From A Car-Window... Illustrated published by Harper & Bros (1892). Original from the British Library.… Free from public domain license 
The “sheriff” of Old Tombstone, now an Old West tourist attraction in southeastern Arizona. Original image from… Free from public domain license 
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Mock shootout, strictly for visitors’ benefit, in Old Tombstone in southeast Arizona. Original image from Carol M.… Free Photo from public domain license 
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Coats and a cowboy hat at the "Hole-in-the-Wall" Cabin at Old Trail Town, a historic museum complex in Cody, Wyoming. Hole-in… Free Photo from public domain license 
Cowhand Lars Hollis atop his horse, Catote, at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle ranch that is part of the… Free Photo from public domain license 
Fancy cowboy boots for sale at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… Free Photo from public domain license 
A downtown mural, by western artist Stylle Read, in San Angelo, the seat of Tom Green County, Texas, It celebrates the life… Free Photo from public domain license 
Calf roping at Cheyenne, Wyoming's, annual Frontier Days rodeo. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… Free Photo from public domain license 
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Metal art along the road from Johnson City to Kerrville, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… Free Photo from public domain license 
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Cowboys and their dog ford the North Platte River on the Park Range Ranch, near the Wyoming border in Jackson County's scenic… Free Photo from public domain license 
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Walking technique of the horse: trot and gallop from Weltall und Menschheit (1900) by Hans Kraemer. Digitally enhanced from… Free from public domain license 
Two "gunslingers" (historical intrepreters Wes Hughes, left, and Thornton Young) fire away in a showdown on the street at the… Free Photo from public domain license 
Cowhands make sure horses head for the corral in the daily "jingle", or roundup, at the A Bar A guest ranch near Riverside… Free Photo from public domain license 
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Rope in circle from Illustrated Norway's History by Ole Andreas Øverland (1885). Original from the British Library.… Free from public domain license 
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Duelling-pistols for the hero of Waterloo from the book The Oxford Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray (1862). Original… Free from public domain license 
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An unusual double deer trophy hangs in the Round Room at the A Bar A guest ranch, near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming.… Free from public domain license 
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The University of Wyoming "Western Thunder" Cheer Squad and marching band perform at a Cowboys' football home game in… Free Photo from public domain license 
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Big Tex, 55-foot-tall statue and marketing icon of the annual State Fair of Texas held at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. The… Free Photo from public domain license 
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Country singer-songwriting legend Willie Nelson, age 80 at the time of this photograph, performs with his band, "Family," at… Free Photo from public domain license 
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A cowpoke doesn't have much time left aboard this bucking bronco at a large outdoor rodeo that's a feature of the annual (on… Free Photo from public domain license 
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Men's straw hats, hanging inside the farmhouse at Yoder's Amish Home. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… Free Photo from public domain license 
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Rodeo action at the Cheyenne Frontier Days celebration in Wyoming's capital city. The event is viewed by an estimated 200,000… Free Photo from public domain license 
Marker at a humble “cowboy cemetery” near Riverside, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… Free Photo from public domain license 
Vintage gun published by S.W. Burley (1876). Original from the British Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. Free from public domain license 
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