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During the late 1700s and early 1800s, Spain held much of the land that is the American West. Established missions raised cattle for America’s flourishing market. The need grew for skilled horsemen to handle and manage the herds. Many of the men running the missions were of Spanish nobility, trained in skills of horsemanship and roping practiced in Spain for centuries. These skills were passed on to their workers, known as “vaqueros”. Once these lands were converted to privately owned ranchos during Mexico’s rule, the vaqueros found work running cattle and managing the rangelands. Even after the United States gained control in 1848, these vaqueros continued to work, alongside their American counterparts.
The ending of the Civil War, when cattle herds spread throughout the west, the numbers of American cowboys grew. Once or twice each year, cowhands rounded up the cattle on the open range and drove them through miles and miles of vast open land to various marketing centers (stockyards). There in celebration of their job completed, informal competition was common. Cowboys might issue challenges to each other to see who really was the best at cutting cattle or throwing a rope. Spectators would inevitably gather.
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Taken from: http://pages.zdnet.com/scottt1962/greatnorthwest/id24.htm
Recommended 'Rodeo' Related Links:
Women's Rodeo History
Women's Rodeo History. The Women's Professional Rodeo Association, which started
in 1948 as a group of Texas ranch women who wanted to add a little color
The History of the Cowboy
The first cowboys came from Mexico. They were men who rode on horses and took care of herds of cattle. They were known as vaqueros which is the Spanish word for "cowboys."
History of hte Redwood Fortuna Rodeo
Many years ago a great tradition began in Fortuna; the Redwood Fortuna Rodeo. Humboldt County has been an agricultural center for California
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
The American Rodeo Gallery celebrates the history, people and events of the West’s truly indigenous sport.
Texas Monthly Rodeo - History
Rodeo comes from the Spanish word, "rodear" which means to encircle or to surround. To the Spanish in New Spain (now Mexico) in the mid-sixteenth century, a rodeo was simply a cattle roundup
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