Bandits in our Backyard

A couple years ago we were hiking up by Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary and learned about Flores Peak (pictured above) where the bandit, Juan Flores, wanted for the murder of LA Sheriff James Barton made his daring escape by leaping over its precipice in 1857. After some digging around I found a book by Hubert H. Bancroft titled, Popular Tribunals […]

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