Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI), July 16th, 2000
Sorry to disillusion all you urban cowboys, but real cowboys wore pink underwear. Before central heating, union suits were important. The long underwear was available in white, gray, ecru, light blue, and, finally, in 1909, pink. Cowboys also preferred wool trousers before Levi's, wore corduroy hunting caps when they weren't wearing Stetsons and donned curly wool chaps that made them look more like animals than herders. Such details can be found in ``I See by Your Outfit,'' a book by Tom Lindmier and Steve Mount that aims to separate fiction from fact about early cowboys who roamed Wyoming. ...
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