"Vaqueros" Topic
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| Tango01 | 29 Jun 2019 9:58 p.m. PST |
"Go to a rodeo today and take a look at the dusty icons of our heritage: cowboys and cowgirls in broad brimmed hats, leather boots, chaps, and jingling spurs. These cow pokes are probably twirling rawhide ropes, too – just waiting for a chance to fling the loop over a fleeing calf. More than a few people would look at that rodeo scene and tell you there's nothing more Texan than a cowboy or cowgirl. But that's not quite true. To be historically accurate, they'd have to say that there's nothing more North African-Spanish than a Texas cowboy. The tan-galóns, botas, chapareras, broncos, espuelas, and reatas belonging to today's cow folk are really the legacies of Texas's first real cowboys: the Mexican vaqueros. And the all-American rodeo? Vaquero through and through…."
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| Choctaw | 01 Jul 2019 6:24 a.m. PST |
I'm a Texan and a rancher. I'm very aware of my heritage. Thank you. |
| Tango01 | 01 Jul 2019 11:28 a.m. PST |
No mention my friend!. (smile)
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checks out some 10/15mm railroad tracks for wargaming.