“The myth of the American cowboy was cultivated from dust, pushed west and back east. Cowboys have been recorded on the pages of novels, projected on silver screens, and broadcasted across radio waves; all while being consumed, sold, and romanticized. Illusions have given the cowboy a foundation in the handbook of promotion, either selling you objects or presenting an idealized image of America. This artificial representation of the cowboy in reality was a laborer, traveling in groups on seasoned trails. He almost never carried a gun and was mostly represented by immigrants and people of color. Through this fabricated appearance, the myth of the American Cowboy has cross pollinated by pushing itself all over the world, creating an icon of American capitalization, and cementing itself into the historical canon.”