b'DID YOU KNOW, IN THE OLD WEST.By Lee Anderson, Old West Living Historian, Award Winning Author, and Old School HorsemanLee Anderson and his horse, Concho, are well known around the state doing presentations in schools, corporate events, and civic events.Learn more about them and his book on his website. historicaloldwest.orgT here were really not veryO n the long cattle drives north the cowboys would many cowboys in the latesing to the cattle at night. It tended to soothe 1800s. The 1890 U.S. censusthe cattle and keep them calm and quiet. Though put 17 million people west of the Mississippi River.cowboys, in general, werent noted for being highly (Actually, there were a lot more because, back thenreligious, some of their songs such as In the Mexicans, blacks, and Native Americans were notSweet By and By and Nearer My God To Thee counted). The census showed no more than 30,000were actually religious pieces. They also sang The cowboys. This means that for every cowboy thereCowboys Lament (The Streets of Laredo), Old were 500 other people in the west doing somethingDan Tucker, and The Old Chisolm Trail. The besides riding horses and tending cattle. most common cowboy musical instrument was not the guitar but the harmonica which could be easily carried in a shirt, vest pocket or saddle bags.outshoot any man in the W illiam F. Buffalo Bill Cody opened hisshow (including her husband, spectacular Wild West show on May 19, 1883,Frank Butler, who was also a in Omaha, Nebraska. The show thrived for 30 yearscrack shot). Lucille Mulhall and survived, in fits and starts, for almost 30 more.gained fame as a roper and a As an employer, Buffalo Bill was way ahead of hisbronc rider. Tad Lucas rode time. Women were an important part of his Wildbucking broncos in the arena West show. Although there were fewer places forand scored higher than a lot women in the shows, his records indicate the womenof men. In the shows heyday, Cody employed as were paid on an equal basis with the men. Womenmany as 500 actors and staff and his expenses were often played roles such as prairie Madonnas oras much as $4000 a day. The show went bankrupt as Indian captives. At first, woman rode sidesaddlein July 1913. A whole new form of entertainment, but by the 1890s they were appearing astride theirmotion pictures, pretty much sealed the fate of the horses the same as the men. Annie Oakley couldspectacular Wild West shows. Ever dream of owning a historic piece of Wickenburg? Heres your chance.Bens Saddlery / 174 North Tegner Street / Wickenburg, AZ 85390$425,000 / 1,920 SQFT / MLS#6495993 / BensSaddleryForSale.comArizonaRealCountry.com February 2023 9'