Today in History: Cowboys & Fall Roundup Time

Today in History–October 7–the Library of Congress features cowboys, or buckaroos, and fall roundup time. On this day in 1979 the Ninety-Six Ranch in Nevada completed its fall roundup and trail drive. Learn more about this roundup in the Today in History section then click the links below to access all sorts of cowboy stories and primary sources.

Cowboy primary sources

• Buckaroos in Paradise Collection 1870-1958
• Cowboy images
• Cowboy films & video recordings
• Cowboy songs
• Cowboy audio interviews
• Cowboy poetry and song: collecting and recollecting Colorado/Nevada, 1985-1996
• Cowboy sheet music
• Cowboy life history narratives
• Cowboy stuff primary source set circa 1976-1996
• Notes on a Cowboy Ballet
• Cowboy books & other documents
• Contemporary U.S. legislation related to cowboys
• Topics in Chronicling America – Bat Masterson – A courageous, dead-shot Western cowboy timeline + select newspaper articles
• More historical newspaper coverage of cowboys

Cowboy stories

• Buckaroos
• Nevada’s Buckaroos
• Cowboy poetry
• Dakota Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Medora
• Cheyenne Frontier Days
• Montana Horse Story
• Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Shows
• Fall Roundup on the Ninety-Six Ranch
• Salt Grass Trail Ride
• Fourth of July Rodeo
• Charro Day Parade

Library blog posts related to cowboys

• Screen-Free Poetry: Writing Cowboy Poetry Together Minerva’s Kaleidoscope April 28, 2021
• Honoring African American Contributions: African American Cowboys on the Western Frontier Inside Adams October 16, 2020
• Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys Library of Congress Blog August 31, 2017
• Colorado Morton Rides Again Folklife Today April 25, 2014
• A Pulitzer Prize for a Cowboy Poet Folklife Today April 24, 2014
• Caught Our Eyes: One Tall Cowboy Picture This December 6, 2012