Goat ranch Great Valley country, Texas (1986)
	In the poor, generally Hispanic, and long-settled country that is the southern part of Texas, livestock ranching is entrenched as in few other places. This is a part of the United States, and the American West, that has far more similarities to parts of northern Mexico than to the humid East of the U.S., for example, and the economies reflect that. The Spanish-named "Santo Domingo Rancho" is indication enough that when ranchers think of livestock, here, they think of Hispanic traditions hearkening back to the Old World.
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