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The Texas Longhorn traces its roots to 1493 when Christopher Columbus brought Spanish cattle to Santa Domingo. It would take almost 200 years for the breed to find its way to Texas and a mission near the Sabine River. The early missions and ranchers would not survive all of the elements. But the Texas Longhorn would. The longhorns grew and flourished. Millions ranged between the mesquite-dotted sandy banks of the Rio Bravo to the sand beds of the Sabine.
Longhorns, groomed by Mother Nature, were the ideal breed of the time. They could go incredible distances without water, forage on minimum pasture, swim rivers and survive the desert sun and winter snow.
Between 1866 and 1895, 10 million head were trailed to northern markets. By the turn of the century, the fencing of open ranges and the importation of other beef breeds led to near extinction of the amazing Texas Longhorn.