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Celebrating National Day of the Cowboy: Honoring the Legacy of the American West 🤠🌵

Happy National Day of the Cowboy! 🤠🌵 Celebrate the legacy of cowboys and cowgirls who shaped American history. Enjoy rodeos, western films, and cowboy culture. Cheers to the spirit of the American West! #DayOfTheCowboy

Introduction Happy National Day of the Cowboy! 🤠🌵 Celebrated annually on the fourth Saturday in July, this special day pays tribute to the enduring spirit and contributions of cowboys and cowgirls throughout American history. From their pivotal role in the development of the American West to their influence on our culture and heritage, cowboys have left an indelible mark on the fabric of our…

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14. Even more happenings of the 1880s

continuation from update #12 about why the 1880s are an interesting decade. It’s been a difficult last little while. feeling distant from myself and tried to get back in touch to some things that help steady me. like info dumps. this was gathering dust in my drafts and I decided to tidy her up tonight why not.

Child labour in the U.S. climbing in numbers (all the way until the 1920s!!) a lot in farming, mining, textile industry. In most families, children breadwinners because lots of opportunities for them to be exploited work

By this time already, we got some familiar names and reputations established. Active and/or died 1870s~1880s: Jesse James, Sam Bass, Billy the Kid, Calamity Jane, Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill

By late-post Reconstruction era, state penitentiaries unhinged, physically and administratively deteriorating. Summarized as: cruel torture practices, immigration, eugenics, and ‘prisons as laboratories’; incarcerated would rather hurt themselves than be subject to brutal prison punishment

Continuation on the racial violence: the Jim Crow laws that began in the previous decade grew more violent, severe, and widespread. Legalized racial segregation and dodgy enforcement of laws. nadir of American race relations: anti-black violence and racism would he the most prominent than in any period in American history

Continuation on the rise of ragtime via African American musicians: emergence of white minstrel performances that put racist, dehumanizing, derogatory lyrics over the music ☠️

Gilded Age: “Historians saw late 19th-century economic expansion as a time of materialistic excesses marked by widespread political corruption”; Industry boom invents the capitalist barons, wealth disparity, exploitation, labour unions, workers strikes… ✨ socialism

gaelic culture revival in Ireland, continued unrest against the British and revolutionary activities

Texas Rangers already a thing but locales started to organize more of their own “law enforcement” police. Crush political unrest, legalize violence against Indigenous and black populations

1850s through to the start of the turn of the century, “Anglo-Japanese style” in fashion, architecture, art, design. Result of the “opening up” of Japan to Europe, which led to more flow of capital between Japan and Europe. Trade, culture, art moved back and forth. Trendy among elites who could afford the fancy imports. fetishization and commodification and essentializatiom of Japanese culture. Fascination of the “far east”

In the face of scientific discovery and change, spiritualism movement was one of the ways for people to cope and explore their fears, aspirations, fantasies, beliefs. started in the mid 1800s. Grief and mourning culture. Speaking with the dead, ghosts, mediums, publications, séances. Entwined with gender politics and roles. See, The American phantasmagoria: The rise of spiritualism in nineteenth-century America by Daniel Bowlin

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire is published in 1883 by America’s Howard Pyle, sparking an interest in literature featuring the heroic rogue

Oscar Wilding out

it’s been some time since the first 1880s world history dump. I forgot I left myself a little (to be continued) list. crossing off what I got here let’s see hmmm

prison industry / spiritualism / opium epidemic / irregular and uneven “modernizations” in rural vs. urban areas / class and poverty gaps / morality scares, checks, comparisons, gaps / new businesses and gadgets, products, tech to help with anything / fascination of the (colonial) Other; side shows, “freak shows” and other human zoos

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Taylor Sheridan Now Owns the Legendary Texas Ranch That Inspired 'Yellowstone' Spin-Off, '6666'

A historic west Texas ranch is providing more than inspiration for Taylor Sheridan's highly anticipated Yellowstone spin-off series 6666—it's rumored that it's being filmed there too.

Listing 142,372.00 ACRES 

“Samuel Burk Burnett was born in Bates County, Missouri in 1849. At the age of 19, Burk purchased 100 head of cattle which had been branded with the 6666’s brand. Soon thereafter, he started leasing and ultimately purchasing ranches and expanding his ranching operation. Around 1900, he purchased the 8 Ranch near Guthrie, Texas in King County. He soon purchased the Dixon Creek Ranch in the Texas Panhandle and also began to expand the 8 Ranch into what now is known as the 6666’s Ranch. In 1917 he decided to build “The finest ranch house in West Texas” at Guthrie. This stately home still stands as the main house at the 6666’s Ranch. It is told that the house cost $100,000, which was considered to be an enormous amount of money at that time. The house was constructed of stone quarried rock and other materials which were hauled by wagon to Guthrie. Early day visitors to the home included President Roosevelt, Will Rogers and the Indian Chief Quanah Parker. In 1921, oil was discovered on the Dixon Creek Ranch and in 1969, a major oil field was discovered on the 6666’s Ranch.”

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the ghost of one specific homosexual cowboy regularly possesses Tumblr gays

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yeehaw, baby!

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The Boston Globe, Massachusetts, February 26, 1894

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For the first time in 33 years, the big 3 categories at the GRAMMYs were won solely by Black artists (Album of the Year, Song of the Year & Record of the Year).

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Wonders of Wichita!

The Kansas Media Day was held in Wichita, Kansas. My visit was sponsored, and I was hosted tour many wonderful sites in this beautiful city full of creativity, art, and agricultural stops! During my visit to Wichita, I saw the Drury Plaza Hotel Broadview and explored some innovative shopping sites. We toured the wildlife park at Tanganyika, walked through a sunflower maze at Kansas Maze. Our…

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The most dangerous duel of all.

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A lonesome cowboy cools his horse down in the glacial waters of Berg Lake

British Columbia, Canada

1966

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Source: On Our Backs Guide To Lesbian Sex, edited by Diana Cage

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Luck of the Irish

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That's African

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Vintage Trans Men, Women, and more!

as promised,

Trans-Femme Fatales and Cowboys!

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lesbian tumblr do you like my shirt for cowboy night yesterday :)

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