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Back The Cowboys Elegant Spanish Ancestry by Penny Warren The Cowboy's elegant Spanish ancestry A good half century before the Western beef-cattle industry blossomed in Texas, a singular breed of professional horsemen calling themselves vaqueros had already set the style, evolved the equipment and techniques, and even developed much of the vocabulary that would become the stamp of the American cowboy. The range of the vaquero was Spanish California, there, roughly from the time George Washington crossed the Delaware until the Untied States annexed Upper California in 1848, a unique pastoral society evolved, founded on Christ but ultimately flourishing on the cow. When Franciscan missionaries first arrived in California around 1769 they brought with them a few modest herds of domestic cattle for dairy and brood stock. In the warm, grassy valleys of California the cows thrived and became an unexpected source of profit to the fathers. At San Diego and other California ports they had begun trading with Yankee ships like the Pilgrim, which Richard Henry Dana made famous in his book Author's Biography: I find our western history very interesting and that of the pioneers lives of special interest to me since my ancestors came cross country in wagon trains and settled in Montana. I love western decor and wanted to offer quality decor at reasonable prices and believe I have done that with my store, Horses, Cowboys & Indians Western Decor. Visit us soon at www.horsescowboysandindians.com Posted on: November 19,2007 Email: cowboysindians@aol.com Website: www.horsescowboysandindians.com |
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