But people refuse to admit that because they want to believe in the cowboy myth.

But central as the cowboy myth is to Wyoming, the reality is that only 4 percent of residents work on ranches or farms.

You'll be interpreting the loneliness, the progress of time, the cowboy myth without his old pal- "I'm beginning to feel ill."

She said both men were "beguiled by the cowboy myth," and Jack "settles on rodeo as an expression of the Western ideal.

Connected to this cowboy myth is the "scary" story.

For us, the cowboy myth is all about working together.

She said both men were "beguiled by the cowboy myth," and "Ennis tries to be one but never gets beyond ranch hand work."

As an embodiment of the national cowboy myth, the Marlboro man has lasted longer than Marshal Dillon.

"The Virginian" is the urtext of the cowboy myth.

The American cowboy myth was reinterpreted to fit local nostalgias and anxieties.