In Wyoming there are about 24,000 different kinds of brands. Rustlers are people who try to steal cattle. They took the cattle north then east on trains to be butchered. I'm going to tell you about their clothing. They wore a flannel shirt, brown jeans, chaps, a bandanna, cowboy boots, a vest, and a cowboy hat.
Chaps are for keeping weeds out of their pants and for keeping their legs warm.
Cowboys wore cowboy boots because they were easy to fit into the stirrup. They used a bandanna to protect their nose and mouth. A cowboy hat protected their face from the sun. When they got to the ranch the cowboys branded the unbranded cattle.