Vaquero
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The vaquero is a horse-mounted livestock herder of a tradition that has its roots in the Iberian Peninsula, and extensively developed in what is today Mexico from methods brought to the Americas from
Vaquero (1877)
Music of the Plains (mural study, Kilgore, Texas, 1939) by Xavier Gonzalez. This New Deal-era artwork features a vaquero serenading a woman, symbolizing the deep Hispanic cultural roots in Kilgore's identity. The original study is housed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Classic vaquero-style hackamore equipment. Horsehair mecates top row, rawhide bosals in second row with other equipment
"Charro Mexicano", 1828. The term charro was originally a derogatory term or nickname for Mexican Rancheros; synonymous with the English terms 'hick', 'country bumpkin', or 'yokel'.
Gaucho
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A gaucho or gaúcho is a skilled horseman, reputed to be brave and unruly. The figure of the gaucho is a folk symbol mainly in Argentina and Uruguay but also in Paraguay, southern Brazil, southern Boli
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…which later became Mexico and later the Southwestern United States. They also developed this culture in all of western Latin America, originating the Gauchos in Argentina, the Huaso in Chile, vaquero in Mexico, and Morochuco in Peru. In turn, the land and people of the Americas also saw dramatic changes due…
Gaucho from Argentina, photographed in Peru, 1868
Monument to the Gaucho, Montevideo, Uruguay
The earliest depiction of a Uruguayan gaucho (Emeric Essex Vidal, Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, 1820)
Spanish official Félix de Azara, by Goya