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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.
A modern small-scale cattle drive in New Mexico. Cattle drives were a major economic activity in the 19th and early 20th century American West, particularly between 1850s and 1910s. In this period, 27 million cattle were driven from Texas to railheads in Kansas, for shipment to stockyards in St. Louis and points east, and direct to Chicago.
A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. Cattle drives ensure the herds' health in finding pasture and bring them to market. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the vaquero traditions of ...
Charro at the charrería event at the San Marcos National Fair in Aguascalientes City Female and male charro regalia, including sombreros de charro Mexican Charro (1828). ). Originally, the term "Charro" was a derogatory name for the Mexican Rancheros, the inhabitants of the countr
Today, that vision is at odds with the lives of most Mexicans, who in recent decades have migrated en masse from rural areas to cities and suburbs in Mexico or the United States.
Cowboy culture is the set of behaviors, preferences, and appearances associated with (or resulting from the influence of) the attitudes, ethics, and history of the American cowboy. [ 1 ] The term can describe the content or stylistic appearance of an artistic representation, often built on romanticized impressions of the wild west, or certain ...
That term was borrowed from Buffalo Bill, who called his traveling Western show "Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World." [ 2 ] The original plan called for the regiment to be composed of frontiersmen from the Indian Territory , the New Mexico Territory , the Arizona Territory , and the Oklahoma Territory .
Mexico. In English, a sombrero (Spanish for 'hat', lit. 'shadower'; Spanish: [somˈbɾeɾo]) is a type of wide-brimmed Mexican men's hat used to shield the face and eyes from the sun. It usually has a high, pointed crown; an extra-wide brim (broad enough to cast a shadow over the head, neck, and shoulders of the wearer) that is slightly ...