A cowboy prepares a horse to be loaded into a trailer at the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo in Las Vegas in 2021. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) Few figures occupy as prominent a niche in U.S.
MEXICO CITY — Few figures occupy as prominent a niche in U.S. lore as the American cowboy, that embodiment of rugged individualism celebrated in dime novels, vintage radio, TV and Hollywood ...