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The vaquero was originally Hispanic or Mexican, or Indian, and herded cattle in the Far West in the states of California, Nevada, Oregon, Arizona, Utah, and Washington, whereas the cowboys who herded cattle in the southern states were usually Negro or Anglo.
The vaquero also wore iron spurs, like those worn by the Conquistadores, which are still worn to this day.
So it was the culture of the vaquero that became the basis for the romantic cowboy of Hollywood.
One theory is that when flour tortillas became available in northern Mexico, tacos de frijoles, or bean burritos, were easy to carry in the saddle-bags of the vaqueros (cowboys), so for this reason they came to be called burritos as though they were the sidekicks of the vaquero’s horse.
The vaquero was the early Hispano cowboy and the antecedent of the Hollywood cowboy.
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