Can you spot the real cowboy? Only the photographer knew for sure. Ever since the first camera studio was set up, men and women have posed as their favorite Western hero, but how do we know for sure if they were real cowhands or dudes a century or century and a half later? About some, we will never know. For others, their life stories reveal the truth. The name of this Wyoming cowboy is lost to history, but his photo is attrib


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