Vaqueros highlighted Wild West shows
TOPICS: Esquivel Vaqueros Wild West Shows POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM JANUARY 28, 2018 (This is a guest blog courtesy of Lonn Taylor, a historian, and writer who lives in Fort Davis.) On a wintry Sunday morning just before Christmas in 1886, William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody treated New Yorkers to an almuerzo a lo Mexicano, a Mexican breakfast. His Wild West show was playing at Madison Square Garden and Cody wanted to honor the troupe of Mexican vaqueros who were part of it and to entertain and educate the New Yorkers who had been flocking to it. The breakfast was served in a temporary annex to the Garden that housed the vaqueros and the menu included chile con carne, chiles rellenos, picadillo , and tortillas . While the vaqueros undoubtedly enjoyed it, the New Yorkers were not appreciative. The New York Times reported the next day that the fare resembled something “the prodigal son subsisted on when he was in the hog business.” While ...