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In Search of Cowboy Ground Zero

by | Nov 10, 2016 | True West Blog

In the spring of 2013, I traveled to Spain to see if I could locate Cowboy Ground Zero. My theory was, if I could find the source of the Spanish conquistadors, I would find where the seeds of the American cowboy originated. The conquistadors, of course, conquered most of South America and North America, bringing both cattle and horses to the New World. (Christopher Columbus brought over the fi


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