Zorro: Fictional swashbuckler has local grains of truth
A re-printed newspaper article from 1998 detailing the gray areas drifting between the fictional creation of Zorro and the legendary material of the real-life Joaquin Murieta, Tiburcio Vasquez, and Harry Love, three figures of Santa Cruz County lore.
Notables: Antonio Banderas, Tiburcio Vasquez, Joaquin Murieta, Johnston McCulley, Phil Reader, The Mask of Zorro, Black Knight of Zayante, Narcisio Vasquez, Manuel Garcia, Remi Nadeau, Sandra Curtis, Douglas Fairbanks Sr
Notables: Antonio Banderas, Tiburcio Vasquez, Joaquin Murieta, Johnston McCulley, Phil Reader, The Mask of Zorro, Black Knight of Zayante, Narcisio Vasquez, Manuel Garcia, Remi Nadeau, Sandra Curtis, Douglas Fairbanks Sr
Creator:
Dan White
Source:
- Santa Cruz Sentinel
- Sony Pictures
Date: 2006
Type:
ARTICLE; PHOTO
Coverage:
- Santa Cruz
- Biographies
- 2000s
- 1990s
- Santa Cruz County
- Spanish
- Freedom
- Love Creek
- Crime
- Literature
Identifier: MS-SANTA CRUZ-BIOGRAPHY G TO M-04
Collection
Citation
White, Dan. “Zorro: Fictional swashbuckler has local grains of truth.” Santa Cruz Sentinel. 2006. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/138445. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.