High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Cowboys were a loosely associated group of outlaw cowboys in Pima and Cochise County, Arizona Territory in the late 19th century. They were cattle rustlers and robbers who rode across the border into Mexico and rounded up cattle that they then sold in the United States. When the Mexican government lowered tariffs and added forts along the border, cross-border rustling and smuggling became less attractive, they continued to steal livestock and horses from neighboring ranches. They also held up stagecoaches, robbing the strongboxes and strong-arming passengers for their valuables. In some instances they killed drivers and passengers. Modern media, such as the film Tombstone, have repeatedly depicted The Cowboys as a formally organized gang. The roughly 200–300 Cowboys were in fact a loosely organized band of friends and acquaintances who teamed up for various crimes and came to each other's aid. Their notoriety today stems from the death...

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