- Vaquero - Wikipedia
The vaqueros of the Americas were the horsemen and cattle herders of New Spain, who first came to California with the Jesuit priest Eusebio Kino in 1687, and later with expeditions in 1769 and the Juan Bautista de Anza expedition in 1774 [101]
- How Mexican Vaqueros Inspired the American Cowboy
First 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 Mexican Origins of American Cowboy Culture
Vaqueros mastered the arts of cattle driving, branding, and herd management, becoming the backbone of ranching in the Southwest Their methods—efficient trail drives, distinctive branding techniques, and roundups—were adopted by American cowboys and remain central to ranch operations today
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- The Vaqueros Story | Texas State History Museum
Vaqueros were early versions of independent contractors and weren't bound to a ranching hacienda or a patron unless they chose to be Vaqueros owned their horses, saddles, and ropes and what they did with them would shape the history of Texas ranching
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- The History of the Vaquero - American Cowboy
By 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)
- Vaqueros: The Original Cowboys of Texas
Mexican vaqueros—typically mestizo, or descended from Spaniards and Native Americans—drive herds of cattle and horses alongside Spanish missionaries and soldiers, establishing the first missions and ranches north of the Rio Grande
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