While growing up, I watched silent movies with the Riddle Rider, Tom Mix and Hoot Gibson. Then came talkies with John Wayne and Gary Cooper. I read many fiction stories about cowboys, rustlers and cattle roundups. One old bearded trail camp cook unloaded with a verbal blast to anyone who complained about the food. No more complaints were heard about the food from those who received this verbal blast from the cook.
Cowboys now are ranch hands who drive utility Jeeps and wear baseball caps to round up their cattle.
Only country music singers wear cowboy hats as in days of old. Basil Covey lives in Topeka. S.E. Jefferson, Topeka, KS, 66607. Essays should be 300 words or less. Be sure to include your name, hometown and phone number.