Oklahoma's Cherokee Outlet and the Development of Cowboy Music and Poetry

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Article provides historical context for the songs and poetry created by cowboys making a living herding cattle in the Cherokee Outlet in the late 1800s. Shawn Holliday provides a detailed analysis of individual songs and poems included in the article.

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Holliday, Shawn Summer 2016.

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Article provides historical context for the songs and poetry created by cowboys making a living herding cattle in the Cherokee Outlet in the late 1800s. Shawn Holliday provides a detailed analysis of individual songs and poems included in the article.

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34 p. : ill.

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Abstract: Cowboys in the Cherokee Outlet used songs and poetry to calm nervous herds of cattle. By the 1920s and 1930s these songs were exploited to promote a romanticized version of cowboy life. Shawn Holliday gives examples of poetry and songs created by cowboys, and describes the Cherokee Outlet's influence on cowboy music and poetry over time.

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  • Chronicles of Oklahoma, 94(2), Oklahoma Historical Society, 2016, pp. 152-185

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  • Publication Title: Chronicles of Oklahoma
  • Volume: 94
  • Issue: 2
  • Page Start: 152
  • Page End: 185

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Holliday, Shawn. Oklahoma's Cherokee Outlet and the Development of Cowboy Music and Poetry, article, Summer 2016; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2017393/: accessed June 17, 2025), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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