b'DID YOU KNOW, IN THE OLD WEST.By Lee Anderson, Old West Living Historian, Award Winning Author, and Old School HorsemanLee Anderson and his horse, Concho, are well known around the state doing presentations in schools, corporate events,and civic events. Learn more about them and his book on his website. historicaloldwest.orgA horse training bridle) became hackamore.Nowhere in the entire world had anyone ever attempted lot of people today areAn American ranch foreman was oftento lasso (theres another Spanish term) another animal unaware of justreferred to as a segundo which is Spanishwhile they were riding a horse till the Spanish came up how much influence the Spanish/Mexicanfor second in command. Hombre (man) iswith the technique in the 1600s. culture had on the early American West,purely Spanish. Mesa is Spanish for table or especially in California, Arizona, and Newflat. North of Phoenix is Table Mesa (TableNowhere in the entire world did a saddle have a saddle Mexico. A lot of it is still with us. Table). There are many others but I think youhorn till sometime in the 1600s. The Spanish vaqueros get the idea. came up with the idea to answer the very real problem The common names of many southwesternof what to do with the end of the rope they were holding plants such as saguaro, cholla, agave,In 1529, the Spanishafter a cow was lassoed.mesquite, and palo verde are purely allgovernment in Spanish and still pronounced in Spanish. Mexico adopted MESTA,I read somewhere once that, The influence of the Spanish the worlds first cattlemenson American ranching is still debated by students of A large number of towns and cities haveorganization. The model for theearly ranching history. I have to wonder if the fact Spanish names. Los Angeles, San Francisco,American open range ranchersthat the American cowboy, having never been San Antonio, Albuquerque, and Tucsonsemi-annual roundup was modeled on theshort on ego, might have something to do (to name just a few) are not only Spanishset of 300-year-old rules for a semi-annual rodeowith that. names, they were founded by the(roundup) mandated by MESTA. A significant Spanish a century or morelegal precedent was created when MESTA, for before they were American.the first time anywhere in the world, stated that a brand registered with the government was legal The American cowboy cultureproof of ownership in a court of law. Wisely, this is loaded with words and termsalso became part of American law. derived or borrowed from the original Spanish ranchingMany of the techniques American cowboys culture. La riata (the rope) became lariat,used in their everyday work were invented by and simply rancho (farm) became ranch, mestan (ancopied from the Spanish vaqueros. To this day, every unbranded animal not owned by anyone)single one of a cowboys techniques for subduing a cow became mustang, chaparerras (leatherwith a rope were invented by the Spanish at least two pants) became chaps, jaquima (a bitlesscenturies before the American cowboy even existed. 0%FINANCING AVAILABLE *EFFORTLESS VERSATILITYHurry into A to Z Equipment Rentals & Sales today!*Offer subject to change without notice. Subject to credit approval. Contact A to Z Equipment for all terms and conditions.Call, Text or Visit.Four Valley LocationsNorth Valley Central Phoenix East Valley West Valley15634 N. 32nd St. 4050 E. Indian School Rd. 1313 E. Baseline Rd. 803 E. Van Buren St.Phoenix 85032 Phoenix 85018 Gilbert 85233 Avondale 85323602-992-1150 602-955-5100 480-539-8700 623-925-020012 July 2021'