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Californian bandit

Tiburcio Vásquez (April 11, 1835 – March 19, 1875) was a Californiobandido who was active in California from 1854 to 1874. The Vasquez Rocks, 40 miles (64 km) north of Los Angeles, were one of his many hideouts and are named after him.

Early life

Tiburcio Vásquez was born in Monterey, Alta California, Mexico (present-day California, United States) on April 11, 1835 to José Hermenegildo Vásquez and María Guadalupe Cantúa.^[1][2] In accordance with Spanish tradition, Vásquez's birth was celebrated on the saint’s feast day of his namesake, St.

Tiburtius; thus, he always referred to his birthday as August 11, 1835.^[3] His great-grandfather came to Alta California with the De Anza Expedition of 1776. He grew up in a moderately well-off, middle-class family who owned land, granted to them by the Mexican government, due to his father’s military service as a Spanish soldier.

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