Mamas, do let your babies grow up to be cowboys.
Despite very rough and lawless beginnings, the modern-day cowboy mystique and culture that’s emerged is a blend of rugged individualism, personal honesty and chivalrous behavior.
It’s said that the hazardous work and isolated conditions of early frontier life bred a tradition of self-dependence and the idea that a cowboy or cowgirl must honor their word. One’s promise was of the utmost importance in a vast harsh terrain, with little to no law enforcement. Hence, the birth of Gene Autry’s famous and virtuous Cowboy Code.
