History
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Spanish Vaqueros: Origin of Today’s Cowboy/Rancher
The Spanish Colonial Vaquero, 1750 – 1850The vaquero was responsible for looking after cattle and horse herds on the huge Spanish ranchos in what are now Mexico and the southwestern United States. Often he was the third, or even fourth, generation of his family to work on the rancho. Although the vaquero was considered common