Labels:text | font | screenshot | electric blue OCR: According to Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language, a cowboy is a "ranch worker who rides horseback much of the time on his job of herding and tending cattle." The term itself, according to the Columbia Encyclopedia, dates back to the time of the American Revolution and referred to bands of marauders loyal to the English crown, who plundered their patriot opponents in New York State. Somehow the name was adopted during the western frontier days as the English equivalent of the older Spanish vaquero of the southwest, who was noted for his daring and elegant mastery of the horse. In fact, the American cowboy adopted many of the techniques of riding, handling cattle, and roping wild horses from the vaquero. He also adapted much of the equipment and the clothing, including the wide hat, which served as protection against the sun, snow, rain, dust, and wind; and the high boots, which protected against snakebites and thorny underbrush.
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