Black cowboys: Creole trail rides showcase growing culture

Picture a cowboy. You'll probably think of young men with wide-brimmed hats and spurred boots riding through a dusty frontier town. You probably don’t picture thousands of mostly black men and women riding through rural east Texas, blasting country and rap music.
Yet that's what descended on Columbus, Texas, this August. The gatherings, known as Creole trail rides, are growing increasingly popular across the U.S. Part horse-riding, part rodeo, and part dancing to zydeco, trail rides are rooted in the often overlooked history of black cowboys in the American west. And today, these rides also serve to build up the black community.
Follow us down the 10-mile trail to experience this unique culture, and a different image of the iconic cowboy.
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[@NiijiGoddess]

I love how the horses hair was braided 😌

[@tinnybird1971]

This is where i need to be!

[@CowboyMuse405]

Shonuff my friend it's a great life to live country living ooowwwiii 🔥🔥

[@apotebill]

I am in the wrong state. That’s where I should be.

[@teeb7708]

Me too ! Thinking or relocating.

[@dontrustwhiteyevery1]

@Pulama Terlep You CAN'T ride horses in Jersey.

[@GALLEN-vf7uy]

Owning horses is expensive (but fun)

[@prettybrown3829]

Everything is better here in Texas!

[@Mr.White10-65]

@@dontrustwhiteyevery1 that's not 100% true. There are trails in New Jersey you can ride on, but you'd never see someone riding one on the street randomly like in Texas.

[@deandrejones8701]

My cousin loves to go to these...I can see why she has a good time. I'm pretty much a city boy now, but there will always be a special place in my heart for East Texas. Anything uplifting the black community and promoting positive vibes, I'm 100% for!

[@gabriellemccullough-hanks9644]

I’m curious, I always heard East Texas was Klan country? I grew up near Chicago but have family in the Mississippi Delta and Arkansas.. Is that true?

[@BoopShooBee]

This is great. Now more cowboy movies can be made. This time from the black cowboy perspective.

[@richardmontonio1486]

Sorry but the vaqueros= cowboys were the first to ride horses then indians back in the 1500s you blacks were not even in America till 1619 when they brought you as slaves? You blacks started learning after the civil war in 1865 you blacks are the last to ride in America? Whites learned after the Mexican American war in 1830s. Enjoy Mexican culture

[@TheMorsonFamily]

Love my people and our History. Taking horseback riding lessons with my daughter soon. Need to make sure my kids learn about black Cowboys/Girls and the true history

[@_.2419]

My brother was in this video the one in the Nike shirt on the midnight ride

[@ratherbwithhorses]

Oh you should ride too!!

[@ngrnmck]

Horses are great for kids. They will call you out on attitudes. My horse cowboy has no problem letting me know he's not dealing with my bad day attitude and he helps me to come out of it. So cool to see this. I hope I run into this group on the trail one day and get to show them some love 😍

[@serenitynpeace104]

Same thing happened to me, a horse I grew to know & love, we became friends. When I got too big for my britches... he let me know. All horses see are friends, humans who love them, humans that may need their help. Horses love & frienship is everything!

[@altereddogma]

Your horse is a cowboy?

[@ngrnmck]

@@altereddogma yeah, hat and all lol

[@tiffanytiffany4564]

@@ngrnmck love that reply 🤗🤣

[@TrueWalker88]

I always think it hurts their spines to have 100-250 lbs of person bouncing around on them.

[@beckylby8409]

Why don’t we hear more of this? This is great! You all are awesome!

[@jamesnunnery2014]

You don't want to just hear about it but be about it. Go to the Ebony rodeo or Bill pickett rodeo also. It's a great experience.

[@stepabove2136]

That's really great to see good for kids gives them something to do that's good clean fun.

[@zaradimple3980]

Guys I hope that those who are bringing the culture of what our people did which was never recorded will inspire you all. A change is coming. Bless them and do appreciate what they are doing.

[@richardmontonio1486]

Sorry that is Mexican culture since the 1500 s spainards brought horses and cattle to America and the American Indians and Mexicans been riding since the 1500s when whites and blacks were not in America yet. The whites learned how to ride in the 1830s after the Mexican American war then blacks learned from whites after the civil war which was 1865. Mexicans and Indians have been riding for a hundred years from 1500 to 1600 without anyone but Mexicans and Indians in America. White men picked up the Mexican culture now you blacks have picked up our culture. Enjoy the Mexican culture.

[@janelightning73]

Just FABULOUS! Ride on, Brothers & Sisters!

[@yoshisaba]

I love that the truth being told! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@CowboyMuse405]

Ooowwwiii 🔥🔥💯

[@Isthatkayla1]

Yessir I’m in that video trail ride 4 life💙💙💙

[@deniseallen3379]

LOVE THIS. WOW.

[@pitbikecookracing3324]

I love my horses, more then I love my motorcycles. Amen

[@CowboyMuse405]

Ooowwwiii 🔥🔥💯🔥 dat part

[@nikosisumler4668]

Yee haw 🤠

[@wayne47able]

I love being Black! We got our hands up in everything!

[@richardmontonio1486]

Research vaqueros are the first and real cowboys of the west.

[@rosemontano8705]

Mexicans taught white men to ride and after 1868 white men taught freed blacks how to ride. Riding horses goes back into the early 1500s when spainards brought horses to america and taught their sons mexicans how to ride. In those times there was no blacks or whites in america at all. Just indians and mexicans for a hundred 100 years.

[@wordie_hunt8234]

Yess!!! Love horses 🐎💜

[@GALLEN-vf7uy]

There are a bunch of fine horses out there

[@CowboyMuse405]

Jones oklahoma in the house country living ooowwwiii 🔥🔥💯

[@brandiepage1608]

I love this I don’t care what color you are good horsemanship and friend and family get togethers are traditional. This is true historical facts, ride on 🐴❤️

[@sidilicious11]

OMG this is my idea of fun, to ride with so many other people, all having fun!

[@gooddrugsfarm9105]

This made my heart glad!

[@CowboyMuse405]

Country living ooowwwiii 🔥🔥🔥💯

[@nikosisumler4668]

@@CowboyMuse405yes sah ❤❤

[@serenitynpeace104]

Mexican,Black & White it's all great! Human Beings on horses. Cowboys, Cowgirls! Bring it on!

[@GALLEN-vf7uy]

Midnight Horseback Riding, BBQ, Beer, Wagons and 4 Wheelers !!! How can you go wrong ?

[@robertneven7563]

i hate 4 wheelers, lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

[@robertneven7563]

amazing people and horses, congrts, greets from Europe

[@lauripfeifer3076]

I love this story

[@dorothywoodward41]

This is so nice to see

[@LeeDfined]

I need to move to Texas...horses are my life.

[@altereddogma]

Yeah, but then you’d have to live among Texans. Horses are everywhere.

[@tyoungjjr]

Thank you for sharing this.

[@alexiswilliams8475]

MY FAMILY FROM EAST TX AND LOUISIANA. love this fam got to bring my horses out

[@shawnwilson407]

Gimme all the black cowboys 🤠. This looks like so much fun

[@jamieprijatel655]

We love you guys go cowboys and cowgirls ❤😂

[@lorileistrother9153]

Nice, pretty horses , nice to see them having fun,. 👍👍👍

[@denisekerry4555]

Absolutely love love love this!!! Keep it up!!!

[@sunnycofield3492]

Goog ole Liz Cook Trail Ride!!! 😍🐎🐴

[@vrsims1]

Eastern NC showing love. This is popular in the country here

[@williamsoutdoorsolutionsll4583]

I need this!!

[@TitaAguirreGarcia]

Since Ive moved to FW Ive seen so many mexican and black cowboys and girls. Its so amazing to see!!

[@ladybenztc1]

What a beautiful video and the luv for horses 🐎 Definitely would luv to attend 😊😊

[@KalanMiller]

I would love to go to one of these. Its nice to see black folks riding horses. I live in Houston so maybe I might run into one of these somewhere and do lots of meet and greets and pet the horses

[@DeeEss_on_YT]

Love this!

[@1brucep]

Fantastic!

[@ratherbwithhorses]

Thousand thumbs up!

[@kofoblue3172]

This is NOT a forgotten history.

[@kingroberts2273]

These are the Original Cowboys we the truth

[@stacyeandrew2]

The original cowboys were Spaniards and Mexicans

[@williammckinney9288]

@@stacyeandrew2 No such thing as Mexicans. Aztec

[@stacyeandrew2]

William Mckinney Who said anything about Mexican azects?

[@stacyeandrew2]

I don’t know if you can see Dee Dees comment but I can’t. The first cowboys were called Vaqueros. Had NOTHING to do with black men being called “boy” I just cannot believe people are becoming so racist about past history and then get mad when the truth doesn’t fit the racist narrative?? It’s like they WANT it to be super racist??

[@kingroberts2273]

Dumb fool we the Original People that why you and everyone hating on us do research clown lol get a life

[@MSALL-co8bf]

Love this

[@CowboyMuse405]

cowboyMuse in the house country living ooowwwiii 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯

[@redmatthews6757]

We trailride and listen to zydeco my entire childhood lol. Mayshack family

[@kathrynbarnes8931]

Love it 🤗

[@nicolew5213]

Ooooow! I wanna go! ❤❤

[@greyes642]

Used to live in Silsbee............keep the culture alive!

[@teeb7708]

This is awesome!

[@TheTrill334]

Some much heritage in this culture .

[@sweettoothmarie7304]

Wow! Love this... ✊💜

[@wmaxwell100]

I'm kind of scared of horses but damn if I wouldn't force myself to get over it to be involved in Creole trail ride

[@marciabyram6003]

Did I see a couple of mules in the heard? That's what I'm taking about. Love them! Thank you, this should be on TV! 💗

[@whatever736]

Love it. Right here in Texas, not but a few hours from Houston!!

[@maryburton9308]

Awesome.

[@rosemontano8705]

Its good other races that love mexican culture of being a cowboy since the 1500s.vaqueros live on

[@QuietAZdesert]

Heart-warming

[@redshorse]

Excellent !

[@I_Am__Who__I_Am]

I LOVE it!! We were always here!!

[@Awesome00012]

This is beautiful! #blackcowgirls #blackcowboys #blackcountry

[@qeorgebyrd803]

I Love it

[@anitawebstar4033]

I would love to be a part of this.Many more blessing .......

[@catherinewaldschmidt7910]

I want to be there!

[@jeandavis8700]

Nice

[@pizzaicecreamOG]

Love it

[@_.2419]

And I was there to but I rode the four wheeler with my dad

[@kharamsimms1338]

OMG this is so beautiful

[@blueswallowtail4628]

Wow, cool

[@averymartin321]

I can't wait for this life😊

[@bassreeves1838]

We are the original of everything

[@rosemontano8705]

Didnt you blacks make the first spaceshup to the moon?

[@Novikestory]

Stop ​@@rosemontano8705

[@debraevans186]

IT'S SO GOOD TO KEEP LEARNING THE TRUTH!!!!! THIS SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN "ALL SCHOOLS"!!!!! FOR ALL CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO LEARN!!!!!! I ALWAYS HEARD ABOUT THE "BLACK-SMITH" I KNEW THEY WERE BLACK MEN . I JUST COULDN'T IMAGINE WHITE MEN BEING CALLED THE "BLACK-SMITH" BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LIKE BLACK MEN. SO WHY WOULD THEY USE THAT NAME PROUDLY. IT'S SO SADDD THAT WE DON'T LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT HISTORY, ESPECIALLY BLACK HISTORY. BUT THE TRUTH WILL KEEP COMING OUT!!!!! WE AS BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD BE PROUD OF BEING BLACK AND TEACH OUR CHILDREN AND ADULTS OUR HISTORY AS WILL AS ALL PEOPLES!!!!! IN THE 1990'S SACRAMENTO CA I TOOK MY SON TO THE BILL PICKETT INTERNATIONAL RODEO👏🏿👏🏾👏🏿👏🏾 IT WAS SUPER FANTASTIC. IN THE WORDS OF JAMES BROWN WE WERE BLACK AND PROUD✊🏿 THIS REMINDS ME OF PEOPLE NOT BELIEVING THE 1st KENTUCKY DERBY 1875 MEN WERE ALL BLACK MEN. MORE HIDDEN BLACK HISTORY ABOUT THE TRUTH OF WHAT HAPPEN TO THEM... ✌🏿 2020 Debra Evans

[@dfworldwide7210]

*FORTWORTHTEXAS* *BLACKCOWBOYS* 💯✌🏾 was here

[@destinationaddictionsamsar7894]

Some of these people are a little heavy handed especially with the type of bits they're using. But that's really my only complaint. 4:13 poor horse🤐 Omg they have mules😄 I love mules

[@lisamcmaster7069]

How do i get in touch with them!!! I would love to be a part of this!!!!!!

[@bossdunc813]

Its usually weekend events by different riding clubs around here in Houston the best time is around the Houston livestock show all the groups from around texas ride out here and we do whats called a week ride literally a week of parties dancing food and love you won't meet a stranger there

[@rlove579]

I’m with you.. I would love to be a part also, if you receive any information please inform me also. Thank you

[@godcoversher6982]

THIS WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE!!! 💃💃💃💃💃

[@mauriciodelossantos8314]

BROTHERHOOD RIDERS FROM STOCKTON CALIFORNIA….My family love you Mr.Miller 😊👍😊👍😊

[@susanthornburg8123]

💕💕💕

[@Ojeramup12]

Hope you guys someday make it to the Rio Grande ValleyTrailride held in mid March in Mercedes,Texas.

[@MasterjngReizowolf]

We coming home ✊🏽♾😭

[@jeremiahacosta9710]

This happens every weekend 😱🤯

[@Chowanoc222]

THESE ARE THE TRUE AMERICAN INDIANS!!!! That’s why they ride so passionately!!! It’s the ancestors crying out!!!! I am cherokee-Catawba-mayan and I know the spirit of an Indian when I see one

[@henrimilo1]

Nobody wears a helmet, maybe it is the reason why it looks so cool. Hi from France 🇫🇷

[@gmog7857]

Black cowboys were the original cowboys

[@tommytruth7595]

Some were, there were White (Anglo) and Mexican cowboys too.

[@calderone5559]

Don t start with that stupid myth...Come on !!!

[@jameswatts4291]

Exactly back in the day's the marshal and the sheriff was black

[@calderone5559]

@@jameswatts4291 US MASHALL ?

[@dapabur1]

No they were not.

[@franciscomontesdeoca5316]

Original american real hero. Real cowboy urrrrra

[@houstonbrown3450]

Reflective lights on tail and breast collar , great idea

[@thelmagriffin4049]

Looks like fun once you have the skills

[@Kabeyavictoria]

I live for the braided horse

[@keirenbraxton6180]

It's a way of life

[@debbieelliott7471]

Love this, Look up Tennessee walker trail rides same idea, love seeking the horse happy. Then look up Big Lick horse shows and read what they are forcing them to do.

[@BlackWolf-ly4sq]

Iam gonna take my 🐎 to the old Town Rd and iama ride till it's time for a 🍻 cheers fellow black cowboys yeeeeeeeeeehi!!!

[@sergeantandy9134]

I’m debating weather I want to move to Texas or Georgia.

[@leea8066]

I'm looking for some black owned horse ranches in South Florida, so my family and I can learn how to ride horseback? Anyone know of any?

[@kalingjamo3138]

5000 horse man that will be some site.

[@patsymoore-ff2gz]

Glad to see it ❤❤❤ go look up 4bp horseman mustang training I tell everybody about it

[@vivananoel9988]

Remember Rochanbo Bonaparte I have been riding since I was 10 boy do I get hurt

[@sofly7634]

Bass Reeves baddest black cowman in the West imo

[@ashtongreig4137]

I seen your name is on our ledger!

[@evelynsophanny]

my type fr