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The Southwestern part of the USA was greatly influenced by the early colonization of Spanish settlers. They introduced cows and horses to the new world, and formed the first "rancheros" with horse mounted "vaqueros" to tend their cattle. The European settlers that came later quickly...

When the first European colonists arrived in North America, they brought with them some domesticated animals that had never been seen by Native Americans. They brought cattle, pigs and horses. Some of these animals escaped, or were lost, and began living in the wilderness of this new continent. Wild...

Ten or twenty years ago, there were many horse corrals all across the Southwest that rented riding horses and pack horses to hunters, fishermen and wilderness campers. You could go to one of those outfitters and rent a couple of horses for a week, then set off into the wilderness on your own. Today,...

The cowboys of the old West are still a cherished legend in the USA. Many books, movies and songs have been written about these rustic characters that populated the western parts of our country in the wild old days. They reached their peak in the latter half of the ninteenth century. After the great...