Legacy of the Trail
Description
Introduction: Of all the archetypes and folk heroes that populate American culture, none looms larger than the cowboy. And as Flint Hills historian Jim Hoy suggests, "The American cowboy…was born in the dust of the Old Chisholm Trail." [Excerpt from The Chisholm Trail: Driving the American West, a traveling exhibit.]
Recommended Citation
Bartel, Nathan (2017). "Birth of the Cowboy as American Icon," Symphony in the Flint Hills Field Journal. https://newprairiepress.org/sfh/2017/legacy/2
Birth of the Cowboy as American Icon
Introduction: Of all the archetypes and folk heroes that populate American culture, none looms larger than the cowboy. And as Flint Hills historian Jim Hoy suggests, "The American cowboy…was born in the dust of the Old Chisholm Trail." [Excerpt from The Chisholm Trail: Driving the American West, a traveling exhibit.]
