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History of Cowboy Culture

Camp Cook

The story of the camp cook was "uncovered" by visiting and interviewing local ranchers and historians at the Bar U Ranch, reading stories, listening to the lyrics of cowboy music and talking about the powerful images in cowboy poetry. Scripts were written, rehearsed and then filmed at the Bar U Ranch, by grade 3 students at RDL School. Through their voices and stories, the culture of the daily life of the cowboy, the challenges of this life, and the drive and desire of the cowboy will be truly understood.


Storytelling by the campfire
 

Transcript:

"What should we do with the peppermint?"

"We'll give it to them later in exchange for chores."

"Stop your complaining we had to get this ready for quite a while."

"We have a surprise for you after you are done some chores."

"Chores aren't a surprise."

"There are better things in life to do than chores."

"Chores are for cooks."

"I don't want to do chores."

"Just so happened to have this piece of peppermint here."

"You mean the piece of peppermint you get in every coffee can?"

"We've decided to give it to you for getting water from the cattle, us and putting out the fire."

"But I got the grass so we could feed the animals."

"And I chopped the firewood so we could have a fire."

"I sawed the firewood so you could chop it!

 

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