An old Remington print from Harper’s Weekly magazine depicting a cowboy from the borderlands along the Georgia-Florida border. Free ranging of cattle in the Georgia backcountry was common from the colonial era well into the 19th century and inspired the style and practice of herding in Texas.

Because I have so many new readers, I thought it might be fun to republish some of my earlier and more popular posts. This link will take you to one of my “Connections” articles -“The Cowboy Legend, the Georgia Coastal Plain and the Way to Texas https://longleafjournal.com/connections-the-cowboy-legend-the-georgia-coastal-plain-and-the-way-to-texas/. Be sure to visit the opening page at longleafjournal.com where the “contents” are listed.