Cowboy

The Title of Cowboy is synonymous with that of the Long Riders Chapter, however many other Chapters have employed it as well. Being a Cowboy, despite the variance of roles seen in spaghetti Westerns, has less to do with banditry and more to do with life on a ranch. 
The origin of the Cowboy is historically tied to the Vaquero, a profession of horse-riding livestock tenders that originated in Spain and was brought to South and Central America during the Age of Exploration. The Vaquero tradition was picked up by early Protestant settlers in the southern United States who soon tied it to popular folk-ideologies of liberty, adventure, and life on the rough and remote high plains. Thus was born the image of the Cowboy. 
== Long Riders & Other Chapters : ==
The Long Riders Chapter is by the far the purveyor of this Title. They grant it the most and produce the best Cowboys around. However, they are not alone. The Sons of Liberty, Society of the Serpent, Camino de Santiago, and other countries with rural populations of semi-migrant herders have also granted this Title. 
== Modern Cowboy: ==
While the period of the Wild West may be gone, the Cowboy isn't. 
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