{
  "id": 1277447,
  "title": "Trophy belt buckles: The highly-prized currency of cowboy culture",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/trophy-belt-buckles-the-highly-prized-currency-of-cowboy-culture",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-16T13:44:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trophy-belt-buckles-the-highly-prized-currency-of-cowboy-culture/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "From bull riding to barrel racing, trophy belt buckles, worn by champion rodeo riders, tell stories of grit, accomplishment and honor. Correspondent Ian Lee visits the Professional Bull Riders World Championship in Fort Worth, where an elite group of cowboys competes to win a trophy buckle; and talks with the artisans of Montana Silversmiths, who carry on this century-old tradition.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}