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The job of refining techniques of riding and roping — while modifying gear and apparel — largely fell to the resourceful vaqueros, from the Spanish word vaca for cow.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 23, 2026

His family members don’t understand his obsession, his weekends with other vaqueros.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2023

All eyes are on a pair of vaqueros locked arm in arm as they kick the floor with their boots in time with the upbeat song “La Yaquesita.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 27, 2022

He recalls spotting vaqueros lining up outside when he was a kid.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 27, 2022

His fathers before him were vaqueros, and so he expects us to be men of the llano.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya