SAN ANTONIO – Mustangs and longhorns are very common in Texas, but they’ve been around a lot longer than the state itself. When explorers like Christopher Columbus started their expeditions to the “New World” they brought along this livestock with them. It wouldn’t be for almost another hundred years before these animals would be brought into the Texas area through a process called “seed stock”. AdWith the success of the seed stock, the first Tejano ranches are created around 1741. At one point according to old mission records the ranch had over a thousand head of cattle and over 30 horses.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 23, 2021 09:18 UTC