Cowboys

The media has made the life of cowboys sound amazing, fun and full of excitement. There's tons of movies out there that make cowboys look like they live an exciting life, riding their horses around and drinking all day. Having no laws and being able to do whatever they want. In a realistic point of view the cowboy life was boring and dull. They sat out on an open prairie with nothing to keep them company except a horse and a herd of cattle.          
I'm not totally sure what cowboys do, since movies and all that junk has made them out to be something false. What exactly did cowboys do? Were they important to the development of America? Cowboys were very important to the cattle industry. Without them, nobody would have been able to transport cattle from one place to the next. It didn't take much to be a cowboy. You didn't have to be a certain race, social class or age. You could be anybody at all, and still be a cowboy. The era of the cowboy didn't last long. Only about 50 years, but in that time they accomplished a lot. Without the original cowboy, we would have never had cowboys in movies and the entertainment they have brought to us.