Many became cowboys for lack of other job opportunities;

Pay averaged from $25 to $40 a month.

The cowboy's work year centered on two big events, the roundup and the long drive.

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The bovines they corral.

John lomax roamed the west, collecting classic songs from the cowboy era.

Verkkothe work was hard, dangerous, and often lonely;

Roundups were held in the spring and often also in the fall.

Betts and 10 other cowboys and cowgirls commenced this roundup at the first break of light.

By ted gioia | march 1, 2005.

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