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# 217
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/americas-heartland/episode/americas-heartland-217/
- Published: 2024-05-08T14:08:11.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T08:51:59.000Z
- Description: City folks & ranch hands test riding and roping skills —putting a twist on western life.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: America's Heartland, Season 2, Episode 17, #ZZZ_Episode_b466a6c8-fb6a-4b34-b1c1-f8de3d9dd1fb, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_e2dd9911-ad05-4ab5-aadb-338e5c6e1486, #v1.16

America’s cowboy heritage is present in fiction and real life, but the main pursuit has always been agriculture. Learn the cowboy profession at a Cowboy College! One week in January each year, thousands of cowboys share their lives as range rhymers. Experience cowboy art as it captures a period of American history. Who was the first American author to capture the grit and spirit of the West?