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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25, 1829 round wall well above their heads. On a subsequent visit we discovered the Keva was completely filled with dirt, debris, and demolished walls. Nearly 30 of the wall structures in the ruins had been destroyed apRobinson (who once operated the parently by pot digger vandals. The BLM later cleaned out Kanab Airport) say, If Center Street stretched west across the the Keva, but how could the ancreek and over the hill the way cient adobe ever be restored? birdies fly, youd have an eagles This accompanying picture atview of our own Mesa Verde! I tempts to capture some of what have never forgotten that com- is left of the standing ruins. These South Cottonwood rument. So many places to see, so many places to go. I never took ins are on public land but vethe tim e to check out those South hicle access has been denied via Cottonwood ruins just off a locked private gate. Now this stretched-ou- t Center Street un- is my point I have seen it too til I became a leader of Boy many times in Kane County. If Scouts. It was then that I deter- public access were available and mined to take the boys with me encouraged, these ruins would and find those ruins just right have remained pristine. Lock over the hill. So we strapped on them up and pot hunters enjoy our backpacks and ascended the days cn end of unmolested digold Shunberg Mail Trail up ging, no vehicle will be coming through Trail Canyon. Our route their way. Public access encourtook us by several Anasazi ar- ages neighborhood watching chaeology sites. We slept below that discourages vandals. Ive learned from a study my them, circled south of them, but realized that we had failed to scouts have made, that some of find those forgotten ruins as we these places have not been vistrod home on the Salarades ited in 11 years. This is plainly Trail. But at least we knew obvious that if this country bewhere they were not. Our next comes wilderness as proposed, pack trip we hiked right to them. with no road accesses, all the I have a photograph of boys valued N ati ve American archaestanding in the Keva with the ology will soon tumble to the By Royce Young Harvey Judd had painted it, and a sculptured replica had been placed in Garth Chamberlains Moqui Cave. Old ' timers had talked about it, then I heard my neighbor Emeron " " to - : ,i S , J i ' i 4 Y' .f i Vv . r. f i . T r - ' 9 1 : , V S J . - k L x k - v ' 4 .& 4. f -- ,$&' 5 A - ' I never took the time to check out these South Cottonwood ruins just off stretched-ou- t Center Street until I became a leader of Boy Scouts. Photo by Royce Young. earth by vandals, leaving noth- completely obliterated. Again, My plea is: Scoutmasters, lets ing but rubble for our grandkids to enjoy and learn from. One day I took my troop to visit another little Mesa Verde not five miles north oftown. How disheartened I was to find it private access had been denied. get the boys out and about. Just It was apparent the vandals had being there will help to curtail been hiding a vehicle in the wil- vandalism to our valuable herieducalows. Again, community aware- tage. Persistent would tion goes a long way in keeping ness to this public arc-sit-e the promiscuous rascals at home. still have it preserved today. on-si- te At the end of the drive, after had to drive the beef to where it was where they spent most of begin to fan out. Next came the Barbara Pyles Most each side. flank one on was. the were cattle were penned in the wasnt the It The American cowboy is the money riders; cowboys long day. widely romanticized in movies, before these cowboys became small. A horse works at top speed New at the job and wearingban-dana- s buyers lot, the boys headed far By western novels and televison. Just the word Cowboy brings about the image of tall lean leathery men who were fast with a gun and could fight the meanest scoundrel that ever lived. These adventurous American knights on horseback a hnost always got the girl. But just what sort of a person was the cowboy? The American Cowboy was a plainspoken, hardworking, bowlegged man who knew how to ride and rope. He also had great strength, en- heros in their own right. Rise and shine! Come shouted the cook. The men climbed out of their bedrolls, pulled up their tight pants, and yanked on their heavy boots. Cookie, often an old who could no longer ride, earned $55 per month. cow-punch- er Around the chuckwagon he made the rules. Besides cooking the grub, he drove the chuckwagon. He also served as doctor. He pressed onward ahead of the herd, which often exposed him to Indian danger After the cowpunchers gulped down a hardy breakfast of pancakes, fried bacon and coffee, the cook loaded the chuckwagon with his gear, the mens bedrolls, guns and other supplies. durance and creativity. Although hired by cattle men to look after their cattle, the cowboys main job was to drive cattle to a certain destination. Cowboying was a h calling, but it was also lonely and monotonous work. Ho cattle! Ho ho ho! The cowThe cowboy sat in a saddle 18 hours a day, pushing four legged pokes headed in the direction of creatures on dusty and danger- Dodge City, the shipping center ous trails to the beef market. of the southwest, and the wildest Through it all, the cowboy did town on the American frontier. In the Old West, mustangs not lose his pride or sense of a very important part of were humor. The heyday of the American the cowpunchers life. On cattle cowboy began after the Civil drives, the cowboy used up to War. There was a great demand seven horses a day. Of course, for beef in the North and the these horses were furnished by in- East, but much of the cattle popu- the boss. Cowboys usually lation was in Texas. Someone vested in good saddles. After all rough-n-toug- over their mouths rode the saloon and a good time. as long as he can bear the weight. Another important piece of the drag riders. All day long the By mid 1890s the legendary owned the choked men on of the cowboys ended. Cattleherds the era cowboy young equipment his was gun. Although many dust. The wrangler made the men settled on ranches close to cowboys had extraordinary skills crew complete. Although the railroads. So, many American in marksmanship, some cowboys wrangler was just a boy, he cowboys worked on ranches, or werent good with smoking pis- worked like a man. Wranglers bought small farms of their own. tols. Occasionally one shot him- took care of the horses, riding Others joined g self in the foot. equipment, and helped the cook. groups, and some just drifted. No matter what job he had, the The cowboys bandana was Not only did the cowboy bevery important. It often served cowboy traveled in sweltering come an American folk- - hero, but as a dishcloth, a hat, a bandage heat, snow, during howling sand- he left an everlasting impresor a tourniquet, and it kept the storms, and across swollen rivers sion world wide. dust out of his nose and mouth. at a pace of about 10 miles a day. The cowboy also carried a lariat Stampedes started easily. or lasso for roping cattle. Weather, another animal, alboss held most the The trail most any excuse could send the g Not animals on their responsible position. only did he have complete charge of destructive path. At times, a the cowboys and the cattle, he cowboy was lucky just to save directed the herd. 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