vaquero
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The crowd’s alternative style was imbued with Latin flair: Latinos in black vaquero boots clicked their heels against the concrete, while lace veils flowed above their carefully teased hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
Marciel Perez, who owns Mr. Hammer Shoes, has been selling huaraches and vaquero fashion at Plaza Mexico for over 30 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025
The equestrian tradition of Western cattle raising is derivative not of anything Anglos brought to conquered Indigenous land but of the northern Mexican vaquero tradition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
She’s a healer and he’s a vaquero, but both are still healing from a vampire attack when they were teenagers.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
She told me about Narciso when he was a young man, a fine vaquero, and very respected.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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Traditional western dramas were more likely to depict vaqueros as bandits than hard-working ranch hands whose contributions were fundamental to the American West.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026
But the New York lawmaker is also on track: The cowboy tradition evolved in a direct line from the singular innovations of Mexican vaqueros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026
It includes horse trails for a local community of vaqueros as well as an ADA-compliant ramp that will lead to the top of Nike Hill, a popular viewpoint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
His family members don’t understand his obsession, his weekends with other vaqueros.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023
Then the silence was shattered with the thunder of hoofbeats; vaqueros surrounded the small house with shouts and gunshots, and when they entered the room they were laughing and singing and drinking.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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