Ally Wilke, 14, of Lawrence, pets Dinky the horse while giving a riding demonstration Sunday during Watkins Community Museum of History's tour of Stepping Stone Ranch, 95 E. 1600 Road in Baldwin City.

Today, we call those wranglers “cowboys” or “cowgirls.” In the United States, they’re most commonly found in the West, wearing wide-brimmed hats, leather boots, chaps and carrying a ...