Real Life Zorro? | Beyond Becoming Los Angeles

Here is the complex history of Tiburcio Vasquez, a prolific bandit-hero, who became famous in the 1850s during its first decade of American ruled California.
Beyond Becoming Los Angeles is an educational series telling the little-known stories and history of L.A. County. Featuring stunning images from our over 100-year-old archive and visits to Vasquez Rocks, the La Brea Tar Pits, and other historic sites of Southern California.
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[@hectormunoz578]

He was my great great great grandfather.

[@snowflakeprince]

What a beautiful story and a reminder that there can be many perspectives towards an individual!! 😁The fact that Californios were so mistreated to the point that they idolize someone who stole from (and in at least one instance, murdered) people, even if those people were their oppressors, shows just how bad the transition from Mexican to American rule was. Of course, I'm sure some of the First Nations who were subjected by the Spanish and their Californios decendents would claim that they (the Californios) got what they deserved, and so on. Oppression stacked upon oppression, we humans can be so predictable in how we oppress others. Maybe one day love and respect will win the day! Here's hoping, and in the mean time, what ever their faults, men and woman like Vasquez and Hood show us that we should never let the oppressors win! That doesn't mean we should ever steal or murder to make a point, lest we become the oppressors we so despise.

[@mikehernandez7462]

I was born 7 miles from the general store which is actually known as Paicines today, sitting just a few miles past Tres Pinos ...

[@gervas4935]

He will always be our Hero. Viva Tiburcio Vasquez.

[@m.j.vazquez4720]

hero

[@vernatkins9692]

He was hung in San jose. Not San Francisco..

[@L.Spencer]

Zorro didn't defend Californios against the Americans, it was against Spain, or Mexico, depending which version of Zorro. 4:41

[@TheRealTomahawk]

He reminds me of Jesse James.

[@gervas4935]

Zoro was made after another Hero Juaquin Murrieta.

[@raygonzalez760]

Joaquin Murrieta, was the real thing.

[@user-he1pf5je6b]

El auténtico zorro Era Guillen de lampard un soldado irlandés que vino a nueva España fue el primero libertador de los mexicanos el verdadero padre de la patria de México

[@MG-wm9kq]

He’s not recognized enough

[@raygonzalez760]

Having read his life story he had his own expectations of becoming bigger and more famous than Joaquin Murrieta something that he never accomplished.