Do you know the name of the first American cowboy? When I was combing through our family papers, looking for details of our family tree, I found a book with the simple title, "My Life Story" and so I discovered the details of the first time Texan cattle were sold in the New York market in 1854. On the sepia dog eared cover is the scrawling signature of Tom Candy Ponting who was that first cowboy. But he was far more that that. This is my personal journal delving into the "Life Story," my experiences over two weeks following his trail, Tom's Trail, from Chicago to Dallas. I use Tom's own...