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The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply " The Valley ") is the fourth-oldest collegiate athletic conference in the United States. The conference's members are primarily located in the Midwest though with substantial extension into the South in states like Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas.
Vaquero, c. 1830. The 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.
Texas-Tyler Patriots. Texas A&M Aggies. Texas A&M–Central Texas Warriors. Texas A&M–Commerce Lions. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders. Texas A&M–Galveston Sea Aggies. Texas A&M International Dustdevils. Texas A&M–Kingsville Javelinas. Texas A&M–San Antonio Jaguars.
Midwestern United States. The Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) was a college athletic conference and the second college conference formed upon its foundation on January 12, 1907. [1] The conference was initially formed by an agreement among representatives of five schools, the University of Kansas, University of ...
Nevada: March 21, 2008. The Old Spanish Trail (Spanish: Viejo Sendero Español) is a historical trade route that connected the northern New Mexico settlements of (or near) Santa Fe, New Mexico with those of Los Angeles, California and southern California. Approximately 700 mi (1,100 km) long, the trail ran through areas of high mountains, arid ...
Cowboy culture is deeply ingrained in the Mexican psyche, with many of the country's most iconic historical figures — revolutionary fighter Francisco "Pancho" Villa, singer Pedro Infante, drug ...
List of secondary school sports team names and mascots derived from Indigenous peoples. Among the categories of names for sports teams in the United States and Canada, those referring to Indigenous peoples are lesser in popularity only to the names of various animals. In a list of the top 100 team names, "Indians" is 14th, "Braves" is 38th ...
Some estimates suggest that in the late 19th century, one out of every three cowboys was a Mexican vaquero, and 20% may have been African-American. [25] Other estimates place the number of African-American cowboys as high as 25 percent. [58] Regardless of ethnicity, most cowboys came from lower social classes and the pay was poor.