This is the grave of Juan Bandini. Born in 1800 in Lima, Peru, Bandini grew up the son of a Spanish ship captain. His father moved the family to California in 1819 and he immediately got involved in the independence movement from Spain there. He...
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For my latest podcast, I was happy to talk to Lorena Oropeza of the University of California-Davis about her book The King of Adobe: Reies López Tijerina, Lost Prophet of.