Heritage, Spring 2003 Page: 9
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RIDING THE TRAILS
CATTLE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT TO TEXAS. WHEN SPANISH
COLONISTS MOVED INTO THE REGION THAT IS NOW SOUTH TEXAS IN
THE I 700S, RETINTO, OR CRIOLLO STOCK OFTEN PRECEDED THEM. ONE
METHOD OF DELIVERING THE LONG-HORNED ANIMALS WAS TO BRING
THE CATTLE SHIPS CLOSE TO SHORE, THEN DRIVE THE ANIMALS OFF OF
THE DECK AND INTO THE WATER WHERE THEY WOULD SWIM THROUGH
THE SURF TO SHORE. WHEN PEOPLE ARRIVED IN LATER YEARS, THESE
HERDS HAD INCREASED IN THE WILD AND READILY PROVIDED MEAT AND
LEATHER TO THE NEEDY COLONISTS.
ANGLO-CELTIC COLONISTS FROM THE UNITED STATES DROVE
ANOTHER STRAIN OF LONG-HORNED CATTLE TO TEXAS IN THE I820S
AND I830S. THESE ANIMALS, DESCENDED FROM ENGLISH LIVESTOCK,
MINGLED WITH THE SPANISH BEEVES AND SOON PRODUCED A UNIQUE
HYBRID THAT BREEDERS AND STOCKMEN RECOGNIZED AS THE TEXAS
LONGHORN. RUGGED, HALF-WILD, MULTI-COLORED, AND ARMED WITH
AN IMPRESSIVE SPAN OF HORNS, THESE ANIMALS THRIVED IN THE HOSTILE
CONDITIONS OF THE TEXAS SCRUB COUNTRY.
BY DR. DONALD FRAZIER
Photo: Fort Worth Convention & Visitors BureauHERITAGE f SPRING 2003
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Texas Historical Foundation. Heritage, Spring 2003, periodical, Spring 2003; Austin, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth45378/m1/9/?q=contract%20drovers%20cattle: accessed February 22, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas Historical Foundation.