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Are you curious about the origin of the term "western" that we use in Urban Western Shop? The western is very popular in Quebec, probably because of our proximity to the United States. I did a little research here are some interesting things about the Western genre. The Western is a genre of various arts which tell stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in the American Old West, often centering on the life of a nomadic cowboy or gunfighter armed with a revolver and a rifle who rides a horse. Cowboys and gunslingers typically wear Stetson hats, bandannas, spurs, cowboy boots and buckskins. Other characters include Native Americans, bandits, lawmen, bounty hunters, outlaws, mounted cavalry, settlers...