Mesteñeros
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Mesteñeros , or mustang runners , were people in Western North America in the 19th and early 20th century, usually vaqueros or cowboys , that caught, broke and drove wild horses, called mesteños or mustangs , to market in the Spanish and later Mexican, and still later American territories of what is now Northern Mexico , Texas , New Mexico and California . These Mesteñeros operated primarily in the Great Plains from Texas and New Mexico from the 18th century and in California , primarily in the San Joaquin Valley during the 19th century and in the Great Basin during the 20th century. [1] [2]
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- ↑ C. Allan Jones, Texas roots: agriculture and rural life before the Civil War , Texas A&M University Press, 2005, pp.74-75
- ↑ Frank Forrest Latta , Joaquín Murrieta and His Horse Gangs , Bear State Books, Santa Cruz, 1980, p.84
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