The Peacemaker

"The Lord made some men big and some men small, but Sam Colt made all men the same size." -unknown The instrument that accounted for the widespread appeal of the cowboy was the horse. The horse made the cowboy the "elite of the working class." The horse was the apparatus upon which the cowboy and the cattle industry depended for survival. Without horses it would have been impossible to gather, rope, brand and drive the millions of cow brutes to market. It was said, "A man afoot ain't no man