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Transcription: [00:00:08]

{SPEAKER name="Speaker 1"}
--After the session. This a session on the ranching occup--various kinds of artefacts and ranching occupations.
[00:00:15]
I have with me --um over here, Arturo Rodriguez y Balthazar Rodriguez. They're, they're coming from the area of--of Texas which is right near the area of the border, I should say, which is right near the Big Bend Park, for those of you who know the Big Bend Park.
[00:00:34]
Arturo, um, excuse me, Adolfo works in the trading post in Lajitas which is right at the entry to the Big Bend Park;
[00:00:43]
and Baltazar is from Paso de Lajitas which is a small village across the river from Lajitas.
[00:00:52]
Es, eh, quiero presentarles, a Adolfo Rodriguez? Él trabaja en Lajitas, en el puesto de mercado como se llama? Trading post? Puesto de comerical libre y Balthazar, Rodriguez el viene el paso de Lajitas las que es un pueblo chiquito que queda un lado de Rio cerca de Lajitas Jitas Big Bend Parque. Aqui estoy.
[00:01:19]

Um-On my other side I would like to introduce Joe Mendieta. Joe is from Kingsville, Texas and he works on ranches. He's worked- He worked on the king ranch hasta ochenta y cinco? til 85 on the king ranch, now he works on another very large ranch which he will tell you about once I get done talking.
[00:01:40]

And Armando Flores from Laredo, cierto?- from Laredo Texas. He is a blacksmith and a metalsmith and is working with a whole bunch of the artifacts. I am going to let them introduce themselves and then tell us a little bit about the things they brought with them.
[00:01:58]

Joe, puede empezar?
[00:02:07]
This is called a "horsehair" and out of horsehair they are used to make reigns, ropes, back in the 60s. And now I brought it down to make ties, headbands, belts, keychains, different stuff out of it. It's cheaper to go buy a rope then to make one out of horsehair.

Transcription Notes:
A bit of stuttering was left out but otherwise it seems good