My SASS friends and I disagree. I say chinks were not worn by working cowboys in the 1890s. I believe they were show wear for riders during the late 1940s. Can you settle this?

My SASS friends and I disagree. I say chinks were not worn by working cowboys in the 1890s. I believe they were show wear for riders during the late 1940s. Can you settle this? Phil Bartlett Fremont, California Most cowboy gear originated with the Mexican vaquero. Chaps was short for chaparrejos or chaparreras, which in Spanish refers to leather leggings for working cattle in the brasada or brush country. The root word is chaparral, a dense growth of shrubs or small trees. Add in the thorny mes