Author’s note: this is an updated and refreshed version of an essay about the Texas Cowboy Reunion that appeared in several print and digital outlets in 2016 and 2017.
The year was 1930. America was reeling from the onset of the Great Depression, but rural communities had been suffering for several years from severe drought, cratering crop prices, and heavy farm debt. In the West Texas city of…
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