In the mid-19th century, on Texas’s Gulf Coast, Samuel Maverick was given four hundred head of cattle to settle a debt. Maverick had little interest in ranching, and didn’t even brand his calves. As a result, in southwest Texas, “mavericks” referred to unbranded cattle. This term subsequently was applied to independent human beings as well. They were, and are, mavericks.
Reposted with permission: RalphKeyes.com
Recent Keyes article in the Christian Science Monitor: Do you know who Captain Queeg, Howard Beale, and Chauncey Gardner are?
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