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Apr
28
Saturday
Apr
28
Sat
Special Events :: Library
Dia de los Ninos / Dia de los Libros: El Vaquero
2:00 PM
Rawlings Library
Description:
El Vaquero: America’s First Cowboy
A Storytelling Show featuring the stories and legends of the
Spanish/Mexican Vaquero, America’s First Cowboy
Storyteller Angel Vigil presents the origins of cowboy and ranch culture in the American West. Tracing cowboy culture’s roots from the open plains of Spain to the establishment of ranching culture in the New World, the show describes the role of the Spanish/Mexican vaquero in the development of cowboy and ranching practices in the American West. The show places the historical and fictional lore of the origins of the American cowboy in the context of the vaquero, America’s first cowboy.

The show includes stories from the lives and adventures of the vaqueros, presentations of the tools of the working vaquero and demonstrations of bullwhip cracking and trick roping. A special feature of the show is the historically accurate costume Angel wears representing the Spanish Colonial Vaquero of the 1700s. This show is part of the Colorado Humanities Council Chautauqua Series.
Saturday, April 28th at 2:00 pm at the Rawlings Library
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Age Group: All Ages
Venue: Rawlings Library
Address: 100 E. Abriendo Ave. Pueblo, Colorado 81004
Phone: 562-5600

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