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LBJ: The Western Image

Bespectacled in a cowboy hat and checkered shirt, the president leans on a white fence post.
Even in retirement, President Johnson lived the western image.

LBJ Library photo / Frank Wolfe

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From his childhood and throughout his political career, Lyndon Johnson drew from his western heritage. The grandson of a Chisholm Trail cattle drover never forgot the "can do" spirit of the early-day cowboys. The LBJ Ranch was the best place for national and world leaders, celebrities, and respected journalists to encounter the real LBJ—a progressive westerner in a big hat, with big dreams and big goals, under a big sky.

Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park

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Last updated: April 6, 2021