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Originally Posted by Handsome Stranger
Happy May 14th, Los Angeles Noirishers! (Or is it Norishians? Noirites?)
On May 14th, 1874, notorious bandido Tiburcio Vasquez was captured at the adobe home of "Greek George" Caralambo, near where Melrose Place in West Hollywood is now situated.
[source: wikimedia]
Vasquez Rocks Park, one of Hollywood's favorite locations for outdoor filming over several decades, is so named because Tiburcio Vasquez often used the area to avoid capture by law enforcement.
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Here's some more information on Vasquez, who some viewed as a sort of a Robin Hood:
https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/vasquez-thrall.htm
What the heck, here's the whole index with some colorful stories such as local ranchers who hid there daughters from him:
https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/go...yuez&sa=Search
Andys