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The American Cowboy arose from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico. Western pioneers encountered Mexican vaqueros (Spanish for “cowboys”) on ranches in Texas about 1820 and soon adopted their masterful skills and equipment, the use of lariat, saddle, spurs, and branding iron. With these skills 8 to 12 cowboys could handle a herd of up to 2,500 head of cows.
In the autumn these cowboys rounded up the cattle and branded those not already branded; in the winter they kept watch over the herd; and in the spring they selected the cattle ready for market and drove them to the nearest railroad town, often hundreds of miles away and it took a lot of strong coffee to keep them going!
Are you strong enough for this coffee?
The American Cowboy arose from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico. Western pioneers encountered Mexican vaqueros (Spanish for “cowboys”) on ranches in Texas about 1820 and soon adopted their masterful skills and equipment, the use of lariat, saddle, spurs, and branding iron. With these skills 8 to 12 cowboys could handle a herd of up to 2,500 head of cows.
In the autumn these cowboys rounded up the cattle and branded those not already branded; in the winter they kept watch over the herd; and in the spring they selected the cattle ready for market and drove them to the nearest railroad town, often hundreds of miles away and it took a lot of strong coffee to keep them going!
Are you strong enough for this coffee?
