What It Was Like to Be a Wild West Cowboy

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Published 2019-08-25

Contrary to Hollywood scripture, RL Cowboy Lyfe was less Rawhide and more A Million Ways to Die of Dysentery in the Desert. The life of a cowboy in the 1800s was a full plate of hard work, danger, and monotony with a heaping helping of dust, snakes, bugs, and beans on the side.

Today we’re exploring what it was really like to be a cowboy in the wild west.

#cowboys #wildwest #weirdhistory

All Comments (21)

@WeirdHistory 4 years ago

What's the best and worst thing about being an old west cowboy?
@darthbarnos6982 4 years ago

How to survive the Wild West: *get money *go to Tahiti *eat mangoes
@Skullzi 4 years ago

"Have a little faith, Arthur"
@extraincomesuz 3 years ago

I worked on my grandfather's cattle ranch in Texas, growing up. It was hard work but I enjoyed it. I never sang to the cows but talked to them. They always rolled their eyes.
@w8m4n 3 years ago

That's what Red Dead should be called, "Grand Theft Equine"
@kingsosa6493 4 years ago

Lol 200 years from now they are going to make a youtube vidro called "what it was really like being a fast food worker in los angeles in 2019"
@aleksandarmitrovic6983 4 years ago

This video just reminded me how there should be more western movies today
@TheLastCrumb. 3 years ago

I once knew a man who lost his horse through a lack of horse reviver. He died himself soon after. RIP AM x
@kingbred01 3 years ago

A raging fire grew in me when you said "COWPOKE"
@jizalahbdid3625 4 years ago

Okay, this is cool and all, but has anyone seen Gavin?
@uncle7162 4 years ago

Somehow I feel like rdr 2 has made the Wild West popular again
@krustedkody8254 3 years ago

Advice for the wild west "When I tell you, you run, run and don't look back"
@randibryant6267 3 years ago

My grandpa is considered a cowboy. He's lived on a cattle ranch his entire life
@astrozombie7792 4 years ago

I love that every video about the Wild West is just red dead comments
@kajipup7550 4 years ago

-just one more score -have a little god damn faith -we just need more money -we will go to tahiti -we will eat mangos
@LuisMartinez-bi4mo 3 years ago

I love how literally every comment has to do with RDR2😭
@ItsSAP 3 years ago

8:32 I love that they put the van der linde gang 💕
@ponraul1221 4 years ago

Lumbago is by far the most dangerous thing in the Wild West; just ask Uncle who passed away after a long battle with it, maybe with the help of a few bullets. RIP 1839-1911 :(
@ishavedoffallmyhair 4 years ago

How to Die in the Wild West Trust anyone named Dutch.
@mrsnrub282 3 years ago

As horrible as it all sounds, the cowboys of the Wild West experienced one thing that a lot of young men in modern times lack: a real sense of brotherhood and friendship.