Kansas City Escorts: Colorado groups help link cowboys and Christianity
Retired University of Tulsa professor and cowboy historian Guy Logsdon thinks cowboy churches and ministries have played a significant role in a shift in cowboy culture.
“It’s a freestyle way for cowboys and cattlemen to express themselves without a denominational policy,” he said.
Logsdon says the migration of cowboys toward
At top, Barry Ward of Elbert plays guitar during Sunday services for about 80 people at the National Western Stock Show on Jan. 8. Above, Terry Lewis of Arvada prays with other attendees. (Photos by Kevin Kreck, Special to The Denver Post )
Christianity is a significant and new moral chapter in the cowboy narrative, which historically was even more scandalous than movies are able to portray.
Even though frequent gun battles in the Old West are a Hollywood invention, he says that rampant alcoholism, brawling and prostitution are quite accurate depictions of the time.
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