History is broad and beautiful, that’s why I love it.
History is broad and beautiful, that’s why I love it. Despite what modern history depicts, African Americans were more than oppressed people.
This is a perfect salute for someone like me who loves western movies. Today we salute Mr. Al Jones! Texas cowboy and trail boss.
One of the first major cattle drives occurred in 1868, when Trail Boss William G. Butler drove a herd of cattle from South Texas to Abilene, Kansas, with a crew of 14, including three Chicanos, nine whites, and two African American drovers, Levi and William Perryman. In 1874, R.F. Galbreath arrived in Kansas, leading a crew of four whites and three Blacks.
Jim Ellison went up the trail in the same year with an all-Black crew. In 1885, Lytle and Stevens sent north a herd of 2,000 steers bossed by a Black Texan, Al Jones. These examples reflect the long history of African American cowboys in the Texas range cattle industry beginning in the 1850s when they were the majority of drovers in the state.
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