By 1900, the population in the region numbered 20,000, concentrated largely around San Angelo. Land was the drawing card for many early settlers, grazing land to raise cattle, sheep and goats. The word “tradition” comes from the Latin traditionem, “a handing down, a giving up.” Though the meaning suggests a static, unchanging state, as for folklife and folk art - that is, living traditions learned informally within a shared community passed from one generation to the next - the opposite is true they are both equally expressive of change, subject of course to the whims of the times.īy the 1870s, permanent Anglo and Hispanic settlements were being established in the Concho Valley. All research, fieldwork, text and photography was done by Folklorist Douglas Manger of Seguin, Texas. This project is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and is also supported by the Texas Commission on the Arts, Texas Folklife, and the San Angelo Cultural Affairs Council.
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