Such a simple response veils the museum’s true impact. The museum is more than an act of faith; rather, it is a prayer made manifest, aimed at reclaiming history, ex­ tending recognition, and rectifying the absence of Black presence in the Western imagination. Decades ago, when Larry discovered that Black cowboys were not solely an anomaly of his family, but rather an abundant and rich pool of characters who participat­ed in the events of what would eventually become the Western mythos, he drank this knowledge with the quickness of parched earth.