06/18/2026
I DECLARE NEXT MONTH OF JULY COWBOYS MONTH!
BLACK:
- BASS REEVES: THE LEGENDARY ESCAPED SLAVE WHO BECAME THE 1ST BLACK DEPUTY US MARSHALL WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI CAPTURING OVER 3,000 OUTLAWS & INSPIRIN THE LONE RANGER!
- NAT LOVE: THE FAMOUS BLACK TRACKER & EXPERT SHARPSHOOTER BORN INTO SLAVERY WHO EARNED THE LEGENDARY NICKNAME “DEADWOOD DICK” OUT WEST!
- BILL PICKET: THE ICONIC BLACK RODEO SUPERSTAR WHO REVOLUTIONIZED WESTERN SPORTS BY INVENTIN “BULLDOGGIN”, A CATTLE-WRESTLING TECHNIQUE STILL USED GLOBALLY TODAY!
- JACKSON SUNDOWN: THE LEGENDARY NEZ PERCE WARRIOR & HORSEMAN WHO WON THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RODEO IN 1916!
INDIGENOUS:
- THE MEXICAN VAQUEROS: THE ORIGINAL INDIGENOUS AND MESTIZO HORSE MASTERS WHO INVENTED RODEO CULTURE, LASSO TECHNIQUES, & AND THE COWBOY GEAR USED TODAY!
THE GLOBAL HERDERS:
- THE GAUCHOS: THE FIERCELY INDEPENDENT, NOMADIC HORSEMEN OF THE ARGENTINE & URUGUAYAN PAMPAS WHO USED LEATHER-BOUND STONES CALLED BOLAS TO HUNT & HERD!
- THE LLANEROS: THE TOUGH, ELITE RIDERS OF THE FLOODED TROPICAL PLAINS OF VENEZUELA & COLUMBIA WHO HELPED DEFEAT THE SPANISH EMPIRE FOR SOUTH AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE!
- THE AUSTRALIAN STOCKMEN: THE RESILIENT RIDERS OF THE SCORCHING AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK WHO MASTER MASSIVE CATTLE DRIVES USIN SPECIALIZED STOCKWHIPS & ENDURANCE HORSES!
- THE CSIKÓS: THE HUNGARIAN HORSE HERDSMEN OF THE FLAT EUROPEAN PUSZSTA PLAINS, GLOBALLY FAMOUS FOR RIDIN BA****CK WHILE STANDIN UPRIGHT ON GALLOPIN HORSES
- THE MONGOLIAN & KAZAKH HEROES: THE ANCIENT HORSE MASTERS OF NORTHERN & WESTERN CHINA WHO LASSO SEMI-WILD HORSES ACROSS FREEZIN SNOW PLAINS USIN FLEXIBLE WOODEN POLES CALLED UURGAS!
