The buckaroo culture of the Great Basin, which stretches from the eastern slope of California’s Sierra Nevada to southwestern Wyoming, is centered in northern Nevada. After the Civil War and the growth of vast cattle operations in the Silver State, a blending of Californio vaquero and American cowboy culture developed the regional buckaroo traditions of horsemanship, ranching, gear and tack. — Courtesy Library of Congress —[
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