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Cattle was first brought to Texas by explorers from Spain or the Spanish.
the spanish
they brought cattle to Texas
Spanish settlers
There is evidence of cattle in the territory that became Texas from the time of the Spanish conquest; the conquistadors brought them to the New World in the late 1500s. We also know that some of the later settlers purchased cattle from Mexico.
Spanish settlers
To get them to the railroads for shipment east.
The Spanish brought it when they came.
The first cattle that Columbus brought over were in the real southeastern part of the United States (or the New World as Columbus called it), which would be now Florida west to Louisiana, before they spread into what is now the state of Texas. These cattle were shipped over from Spain to the New World.
Texas Longhorns were the foundation of the Cattle Kingdom in the USA. Herefords soon followed popularity when they were imported to the USA a couple hundred years after the Spanish brought over their cattle.
The first modern horses in California were brought by the Spanish.The first cattle in California were brought by settlers on wagon trains from the US.
Criollo-type or Spanish Longhorn-type cattle. And they didn't bring the cattle directly to Texas, because when they immigrated to the New World Texas didn't exist nor was a state yet. Rather, they brought the cattle to Central America or the south-eastern shores of America.