The Texas Longhorn and the Florida Cracker, both "derived" from the early Spanish cattle that were imported from Spain to Mexico and America.
Before New Mexico was bought by the Spaniards, the Pueblo Indians lived there. The Spanish arrived in 1540 and explored the area. They later conquered the land.
Many of the early Spanish settlement attempts were failed. St. Augustine in present day Florida was the first established Spanish fort. Mexico, which extended further north into present day Texas and Las Californias which is now California were also established early Spanish settlements.
the spanish
The Conquest of Mexico (Spanish: La Conquista de Mexico)
the earliest is the settlement of St Augustine in 1565 by the Spanish.
The Aztecs, Mayans, and Olmec were conquered by the Spanish.
Juan de Oñate was a Spanish conquistador and colonial governor who is known for establishing the province of New Mexico in 1598. He founded the first Spanish settlement in present-day New Mexico and helped to expand Spanish control in the region. Oñate also played a significant role in the early colonization of the Southwest and interactions with Native American populations.
The first beef cattle variety developed in the US was the Hereford breed. It was introduced in the early 19th century and became popular for its hardiness, adaptability, and desirable beef characteristics.
You mean before the Spanish conquest? That would be Tenochtitlan (todays Mexico City).
Nothing. The only "contribution" they ever made to the early American cattle industry was let loose a bunch of Spanish cattle that are now ancestors to the Texas Longhorn and Florida Cracker cattle. After the civil war, there were millions of cattle in southwestern USA that needed to be rounded up and shipped to eastern markets to meet the increasing demand for beef.
In the early 1600s, even though the first cattle that came to North America (being Mexico and the West Indies) 200 years earlier.