Wholesale Set of 3 Sterling Silver Hand Stamped Texas Ranger Belt Buckle Sets.

This lot of three Sterling Silver buckle sets is a great way to stock up your store with hand made items. These southwestern buckle sets were hand made from shining Sterling Silver and hand stamped with traditional designs. These Belt Buckle set will match up perfectly with any Sterling Silver accessories already in your collection. This set includes 3 belt buckle sets each complete with a belt buckle, a tip, and a keeper. These belt buckles average 2" wide and 1-1/2" tall. Stamped Sterling. You'll receive the lot of three buckle sets pictured below.

The cowboy was born in 1866 as the first herd of Texas longhorns trailed across hundreds of miles of wild and dangerous country filled with predators and hostile Indians. From that time on the big Texas cattle drives fed the market for a beef-hungry America. Six hundred thousand cattle came up the Texas trail in 1871 in herds of about 2,000 each led by a wild, reckless, and tough bunch of young men with great courage and fortitude. Huge numbers of longhorn cattle had multiplied in Texas after the Civil War, the result of few predators, few fences, and plenty of grass and water. They ran wild while Texas men went off to fight for the Confederacy. With the war over, there was a new line of work for the adventurous and courageous survivors. Cow-gathering was a challenge but getting a herd all the way to the Kansas railroad paid big. Early cowboys had very little grub (mostly corn meal and salted bacon), used homemade saddles and chaps, had no tents or tarps, braided their own rope from horsehair, and bragged they could go any place a cow could and stand anything a horse could. Lay on the saddle blanket and cover with a coat was the Texas trail bed. The twelve-inch-barrel Colt was necessary equipment and boy did it get used. Strong, wily men who were persevering and loyal defined a new American spirit of freedom and independence. Mothers shared great pride in seeing their sons grow up to be cowboys when the west was young.