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Costa Mesa's Running of the Cows 2008

 
Neighbors lined the streets, some sitting in lawn chairs, others balancing their bikes, some standing, some pushing strollers or clutching young childrens' hands, all chatting excitedly about the event about to start.
 
Friendly police officers, with plastic steer skulls decorating the front of their motorcycles urged spectators to step back moments before the event began.
The Orange County Fair's Second Annual Cattle Drive through the streets of Costa Mesa was about to take place.
This might seem like no big deal in many places in America.  However, Orange County has 3,000,000 people and Costa Mesa has over 100,000, and it has been decades since cows roaming around have been commonplace.

 
For the majority of those living in Costa Mesa, a cattle drive is an exciting, unusual event as evidenced by all of those who came out to watch approximately 300 cows be herded by close to 80 "cowboys" many of whom had been trained the previous day and the cattle dogs who truly kept the cattle in line.
For more information on Costa Mesa history, see the following articles:
Costa Mesa History - The Indians of Lukup
Costa Mesa History - The Spaniards
Costa Mesa History - Mexican Independence
Costa Mesa History - California 49ers ... more

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