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Bookmark or Share- The History of the Vaquero - Ranching Heritage AssociationBy the early 1700s, cattle ranching had spread north into what is now Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico and south to Argentina. The native cowboys were called vaqueros (from the Spanish word for cow) and developed roping skills, using braided rawhide reatas (the root word for lariat).
- The Vaqueros' Story | Texas State History MuseumThe tan-galóns, botas, chapareras, broncos, espuelas, and reatas belonging to today's cow folk are really the legacies of Texas's first real cowboys: the Mexican vaqueros. And the all-American rodeo?
- Vaquero - WikipediaThe vaquero (Spanish: [baˈkeɾo]; Portuguese: vaqueiro, European Portuguese: [vɐˈkɐjɾu]) is a horse-mounted livestock herder of a tradition that has its roots in the Iberian Peninsula and extensively developed in Mexico from a method brought to the Americas from Spain.
- How Mexican Vaqueros Inspired the American CowboyFirst trained by the Spaniards who arrived in 1519, on land later known as Mexico, the original vaqueros were largely Indigenous Mesoamerican men who were trained to wrangle cattle on horseback.
- Vaqueros: The Original Cowboys of Texas - Texas HighwaysBy the early 18th century, vaqueros were driving herds of cattle, horses, and sheep alongside Spanish missionaries to settle beyond the Rio Grande. But Texas—then still a part of Mexico—was harsh and unforgiving, marred by violence, heat, and drought.
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