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This is a sort of believe-it-or-not story, and

the hombres who are sure not to believe it are

the range riders of Texas and the bronco-

busters of Wyoming. But history proves it...

the first cowboys in these United States were

the cowboys of California.

Along with Portola and Father Serra on

their march from Mexico came a handful of

vaqueros to tend the livestock. Before long,

the missions rose along the route of their

tramping feet, and the Indians came to them

to pray, to work . . . and to ride the horses

which the law prohibited them from owning.

Soon, they were not only riding, but doing

all the jobs a cowpoke does . . broncobusting,

roping, branding. Thus, the first Americans

were also the first American cowboys.

An important part of the costume of these

first cowboys was their hat . . . low-crowned,

flat-brimmed, and black in color, worn over

a kerchief tied at the back of the head. Whenthe elegant CALIFORNIOS came to the land

of the missions a few years later, bringing

with them a more gracious way of life and

the splendid dress and fancy trappings to

go with it, they adapted the low-crowned,

wide-brimmed hat to suit their more elegant

tastes.

Don Diego de la Vega was a true Cali-

fornio, but, as Zorro, he wore the black hat

and kerchief of the first vaqueros.

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Zorrcfc

Trail OLVERA STREET— a block-long bit of early California

in modern Los Angeles, Here stand old adobes which mightwell have vibrated to the clatter of Tornado's hoofs as hecarried Zorro through the black night to avenge a wrong.

The colorful AVILA ADOBE, tfuilt by oneof its first mayors, is the. oldest home in

Los Angeles and still ^htains much of theoriginal furnishings and bric-a-brac.

At the ZANJA MADRE, or mother ditch,

it wag not unusual to see humans andanimals drinking together while colorfully

dresseji senoras did the family wash.

At the gay festival of LOS FOSADGS; thechildren gather with sticks and poles to

break ,the pinata and send a shower of

sweets onto the street for all to grab.

Towering steel and concrete skyscraperssurround the thick-walled adobes now, butthe strum of guitars and the clink of casta-

nets are still part of OLVERA STREET.