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The Vaqueros

The Spanish started establishing ranches to grow cattle and other livestock around 1519, not long after they landed in the Americas. Horses were brought in from Spain and used on the ranches.

The term "vaqueros," which derives from the Spanish word "vaca," was used to describe the native cowboys of Mexico (cow). Vaqueros, who were famed for their exceptional roping, riding, and herding skills, were employed by ranchers to tend to the livestock.

Ranching spread as far south as Argentina by the early 1700s and reached modern-day Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and other states. Livestock methods were spread to additional parts of the West after the California missions were established in 1769.

Many English-speaking immigrants to the West in the early 1800s acquired features of vaquero culture, such as their dress sense and methods for driving cattle, as they made their way across the continent.

Furthermore, Black Americans, Native Americans, Mexicans, settlers from the east coast of the United States, and Europeans were just a few of the varied racial groups who made up the cowboy population.

The Wild West location

The Wild West can be described in terms of time and geography. In terms of location, it was the region of the United States of America west of the Mississippi River. From a historical perspective, it was the time between the second half of the 19th and the first decade of the 20th century. 

A popular expansionist political philosophy known as "Manifest Destiny" spread throughout the country before the start of the American Civil War. The theory, supported by the American government, claimed that the movement to occupy and inhabit the regions of the west was unavoidable and divinely appointed. Hence, the area that we are viewing is the region between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean.

Cowboy lifestyle

Young guys in need of money made up the majority of cowboys. About $25 to $40 was the typical monthly salary for cowboys in the West. They assisted with the maintenance of horses, the repair of fences and structures, the operation of cattle drives, and in certain cases, the founding of frontier settlements in addition to herding cattle.

Occasionally, cowboys gained a negative reputation for being rebellious, and some were forbidden from entering particular places. In order to shield themselves from the sun, they frequently wore big hats with wide brims, boots that allowed them to ride horses, and bandanas that kept the dust off of them.

Additionally, in order to protect their legs from rocky terrain and prickly cactus needles, some people wore chaps on the outside of their trousers. Cowboys used to live in bunkhouses with one another when they were ranchers.

Some people enjoyed performing musical instruments, writing poems, and singing songs. Cowhands, buckaroos, cowpunchers, and cowpokes were all terms used to describe cowboys.

The trail boss was directly in front of the most skilled cowboy, known as the Segundo (Spanish for "second"). For cowboys, daily tasks were challenging and hard. About 15 hours were put into a workday, most of which was spent riding a horse or performing other vigorous activities.

Today's Cowboys

Nowadays there are not much of working cowboys, however, the profession is still got the spotlight. Nonetheless, compared to a century ago, the cowboy lifestyle and tradition are still prevalent in some parts of the United States.

Kansas, Utah, Colorado, Texas, Wyoming, and Montana are just a few of the places where cowboys still assist in managing sizable ranches.

Cowboys were included in the category of "support activities for animal production," which was defined by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as having 9,730 workers in 2003. The yearly average salary for these employees was $19,340.

The American cowboy is still an important element of life in the American West, despite the fact that possibilities may have changed.

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Cowboys' equipment

These are some of the equipment a cowboy would always carry:

• Chaps are leg protection worn when riding through dense undergrowth or when handling livestock roughly.
• An animal-catching device known as a lariat is a tightly coiled, tough rope with a loop at one end which is sometimes called a lasso, especially in the East.
• Spur is a device made to make it easier for a rider to communicate with their horse when their hands are full or when the animal is too loud for spoken orders.
• The use of a rifle is necessary to defend cattle against wild animal predators. Rarely, especially in brushy areas, cowboys will have guns on them when they are not actively handling cattle.
• Cow dog or herding dog is extremely useful for locating and managing livestock, and cowboys aren't the only ones who think so.

Cowboys’ precious things

Any cowboy would agree that his horse and saddle were his most precious things. The saddles, which were frequently custom-made, were perhaps the most expensive thing a cowboy had, second only to his horse. Stealing a horse was regarded as a capital penalty since horses were so valuable.

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