Buentello was a vaquero, a cattle worker whose horseback livestock-herding tradition was developed in Spain and perfected in Mexico before arriving in what would become South Texas in the 1700s.

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?

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Traces of Texas presents historical photos and memories of the Texas cowboy: from cattle drives to ranches to buckaroos and beyond.

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May 5, 2017 · Through their working association with vaqueros, young Anglo cowboys learned their techniques and adopted them as a matter of course. From the era of the Texas Revolution and beyond, South Texas abounded in wild longhorn cattle, noted for their stamina and adaptation to the land.

When the territory now known as Texas was part of the Spanish empire, Spanish cowboys - or vaqueros - developed the ranching industry in South Texas, includi...

Some of the best-known and most difficult working lands in Texas are called the “brush country.” The name refers to a large area of Texas and Northeastern Mexico known to cattle workers nationwide. Ricardo Beasley documented the area and the story of the vaqueros who lived there as his life’s work.

Vaqueros were the original cowboys of Texas. Vaqueros started herding cattle in northern Mexico in the 1590's. They lived in Texas a long time before cowboys did because Texas used to be part of Mexico.

May 18, 2018 · Frank Yturria’s autobiography is entitled “The Amazing Life of a South Texas Cowboy”, and what an incredible life it is rancher Frank Yturria is leading.