A cowboy courtship was not all about flowers and romance. Sometimes a cowboy and cowgirl stuck together simply to survive and also because they knew each person had the skills needed to survive. But still, having someone to stick by you when the going got rough in the west was something most survivalists craved and needed to get through both the good and the bad.
Cowboy Courtship
Affairs of the heart are an exciting and important part of any young person’s life and cowboys are no exception.
Having a wife and partner who can play an active role in the life of the ranch is something that good cowboys seek out at some stage or other.
Courtship for cowboys was a mutual affair, if the man wasn’t right, the girl would make sure he knew.
And likewise, the woman would need the necessary personality and skills to take up life on the ranch.
Often the girls would have been brought up on the ranch and so would already know the hired hands or ‘cowpunchers’ well and would have a good idea of who would make good husband material.
Being a cowboy wasn’t just a job, it was a way of life and anyone entering that lifestyle had to be of the same mind. The dream of the cowpuncher was to acquire a ranch of their own. Having a wife who understood how to help run that ranch was an important part of that dream.
The life of a rancher’s wife was remote and often hard, as their husband built up his business and herded cattle across many miles of land. Because of this, cowboys would sometimes wait until they had established their ranch before embarking on courtship, instead bringing their new wife into a more settled ranch.
Even though cowboys were fighting to survive, they still knew when to relax. After the break, you can take away something important that many of us often forget to do, but is desperately needed to live a fulfilling life.
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That just tels us how good we have it i didnt see any tips
7. Don’t wear leather pants
Unless it’s Friday…….
Or your a hot chic
And it started in Florida not the west, but they forgot to mention that’s as usual.
There is so much wrong with that article it’s not even funny
Carry a gun number 1 !
You have said Nothing about firearms before 1873. One of my ancestors had a Muzzleloading rifle and pistol and knife.
Rick Joy
Lol forget native Americans right lol stfu
Hokey page
If you think you’re in danger, Put a slug in a stranger, Before he puts one into YOU…”It’s the Code of The West!”
This author is weak, at best. Trying to get his name out there? Couldn’t get past his first pg. what an idiot
Didn’t read, do they tell you to wear your holster correctly?
Anytime the page loads slow I pretty much know it is a next page read, which defeats the purpose, so I bailout my time wasted looking.
I now feel dumber after reading this
It’s silly story.
Cross draw is bullshit. If you’re going to carry on your hip, don’t cross draw, it decreases your draw speed…
Interesting read.
The fur trappers did it seventy years earlier with single shot rifles and a knife. We can learn more survival skills from them.
Today thier call homeless!
This story was about cowboys. They roamed town to town. Or cattle drives.
I read the article. 🙂
When the SHTF, I’m not going town to town….
Article mistakes early settlers of the west with cowboys.
Nope not a single word about it.
Rhonda Leggett
Chuck Leggett
HAHAHA an entertaining read any how.
Cross draw has it place it obvious you never sat at a desk or drove a car where you might need to reach a firearm if you think its useless.
“After this break”…should say, “let’s break up this story as many times as we can to get more ad revenue”. Sorry, lost me on the second page.
IT WAS THE GUN THAT SETTLED THE WEST..NOTHING ELSE WOULD OF DONE IT..
Amie Butterfield. Alice Renae Burrough. Dad? Or what
What a writer. Takes forever to get to the point with all the b.s. in between it. In fact, I quit on page 5. Who knows how long the article really is. It’s a friggin encyclopedia.