The phrase 'well heeled' means a cowboy that was well equipped. It originally had to do with have new boots or new heels on old boots.
A man was heeled if he carried a weapon. This slang was used by gangsters in the 30s and in 50s film noir.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This stood for Gone To Texas. It was a phrase people used when they packed up and left their homes headed west.
Swords were not a common tool among cowboys. Many members of calvary during "wild west" times would have one, but it would not have been practical for actual cowboys. Their main weapon would have been a rifle, and some would have had a pistol as a sidearm.
Strong, white cowboys enjoying a successful cattle drive
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun or pronoun just before it. An appositive is set of in a sentence with a comma before it and a comma after it.The given sentences revised to use an appositive is:"Black cowboys, African-Americans who herd cattle, helped settle the old west."
Strong, white cowboys enjoying a successful cattle drive
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This was a slang term for a dime novel. These were short books, usually melodramatic and lurid, that were produced periodically.
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Because of the Old West cowboys and their contributions to the growth of the State of Texas.
African American cowboys were portrayed by writers as white men. Writers ignored the presence of black cowboys.
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