Cowboys are people who take care of cows and horses on American ranches. The word cowboy actually comes from the Spanish Vaquero. The earliest cowboys were descendants of Europeans who came to live in the Americas. The British and French colonists who landed on the east coast of the United States were not familiar with the Spanish way of herding. They started to raise cattle only in captivity. When the grass in the fence is eaten by the cattle, the cattle are driven to a new place with grass to continue stocking. Such a cowherd is called “Driver” in English.
The Spaniards did not escape political and religious persecution like the colonists in other colonies. They are nobles and adventurers, they are rigorous, intelligent, and gentlemanly. They are courageous, ambitious, adventurous, and like to express themselves… They incorporate the essence of “I Can” into “America Can”. Their way of raising cattle is real grazing. Put the cows in the grassland with no borders, and the cowboys rode along with the herd. The spirit of these Spaniards represents the traditional cowboy spirit. Such stubborn traditional cowboys live in the countryside of New Mexico. They are the descendants of Hispanics all over the United States. Their pedigree and culture have been well preserved.
In 1846, the United States went to war with Mexico. In the war, the Americans defeated the Mexicans and established New Mexico. But ironically, the cowboy culture of New Mexico has completely conquered the United States. No region can have such an important and far-reaching influence on the development of American cowboy culture like New Mexico.
