Vaquero Heritage Foundation

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Bienvenidos

Fiesta of the Horse

Fiesta14_photos

Fiesta14_part2

Fiesta14_part3

Fiesta16 photos

Fiesta17 part1

Fiesta17_part2

Beach Party

Fiesta!

Vaquero Show

Parades

Horse Fair

Golden Era

Los Californios

vaquero art

californio saddle replica

Links & Rec Reading

Vaquero Shop

CA days pomo

Los Vaqueros

Descendientes

Vaquero Way

Vaquero Horse

Jinetes / Riders

Amigos

Trails

Mem Jimenez

Ground Work

Doma Vaquera

CMSA

La Garrocha

Vaquero Gold

VG Secret

Remuda

VG Sunny

VG Buffy

VG Santiago

VG Dulcinea

VG Ramira

VG Vaquero Gold

VG Isabella

VG Conquistador

VG Wildfire

VG Silver

VG Mithril

VG Annie

Liberty

VG Back 40

Our "Vaquero Shop" feature artists & artisans in the Vaquero tradition, and makers of period clothing or costume. 

 


Nuestra "Tienda de Vaquero" destacará a artistas y artesanos en la tradición de Vaquero.


 
 

Right (click to enlarge): California Mission Saddle c1830. Note the large mochilla (skirt) and the front leg flaps (armas) designed to protect the rider's legs from cactus -- a design that preceded chaps (armitas) worn by the rider. A reproduction of this saddle is currently being made for the VHF by Salvador Gomez, custom saddle maker  --  626-337-5091

 

Broken Horn Saddlery  World’s Largest Tack Store

1022 Leorita Street
Baldwin Park, CA 91706

(626) 337-4088
(626) 337-4266

Outside California:
800-367-6492
Fax: (626) 337-4283

 


Saddlemaker
Historian, Craftsman, Illustrator
Silversmith
Mecates & Headstalls
Rawhide & Leather work
Saddle blanket Weaver
(various artists & artisans)
Musica mariachi
musica Zacatecano

 

Hagel's Cowboy Gear

P.O. Box 487, 6 Mill Road, Dayton, WY 82836

We make the highest quality mane hair mecates available. Feel free to look at our website www.mecates.com

Please feel free to contact us anytime. Thank you, Sara Hagel

phone- 307.655.3275  fax- 307.655.2591

Electronic mail General Information and Sales: sara@mecates.com


 

Horsefly (of Henrietta, Texas) used to specialize in custom-made authentic Old California & vaquero clothing.  Since he retired, we don't know of anyone else who is filling the unique nitch he once filled.  If anyone is interested in crafting old-style authentic Vaquero clothes, the Vaquero Heritage Foundation will help advertise and promote this endeavor.

What's the point of wearing historical costume if you're carrying a modern purse or bag around...?  The Victorian Traveller makes carpet bags just like they used in the Old West.  Click on the link or go to http://carpetbag.com/

More Shopping Ideas for Authentic Vaquero Clothing & Tack

 

End of Trail - Every April, the Single Action Shooting Society (SASS) sponsors "End of Trail," a wild west extravaganza that includes a hundred or more vendors who specialize in authentic clothing and tack from the Old West and Old Spanish California. 

The Vaquero Show - Every fall, the Santa Ynez Valley Historical Society sponsors a Vaquero Show whose  vendors are even more specialized.  So far as authentic Old California vaquero collectibles go, this show may be the best in the west.