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In this 1903 photo, a black sheriff in Pocatello, Idaho sits astride his horse. As many as one in four cowboys in the Wild West were black, though their stories have often been ignored in favor of those of white settlers. "Right after the Civil War, being a cowboy was one of the few jobs open to men of color who wanted to not serve as elevator operators or delivery boys or other similar occupations," said William Loren Katz, scholar of African-American history.

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