Famous Texans: The Longhorns (Part 1)

No, not those Longhorns, the real longhorns of Spanish ancestry. Spanish colonists who followed the conquistadores into the new world brought the longhorn cattle with them. ey were introduced into California, Florida, and Texas. Of course, the horns give it its distinctive name. is breed has been known to have horns up to seven feet, tip to tip. Longhorns have no particular color as they seem to be any and every color and scheme on a background of white. The Texas longhorns were released or escaped from the Spanish settlers, and a huge herd of feral longhorns bred practically unmolested for two centuries in the Texas grasslands. The Anglo settlers of Texas began to round up and herd the animals for their own consumption. The Longhorns in California and Florida seemed to just disappear. However, at that time there was no market for them or a way to transport them. So the Texas herd just grew and grew.

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