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Thread #90815 Message #1725266
Posted By: JJ
23-Apr-06 - 09:56 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: El Camino Real (Randy Sparks)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: El Camino Real song of early Californ
Picked this up from this site -- http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21483:
In 1846, during American conquest of California, John Brown -- nicknamed Juan Flaco -- rode from Los Angeles to San Francisco in four days to warn Commodore Stockton of the siege of Los Angeles, and troops were sent to secure the city.
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"Juan Flaco" means "Skinny John," or, more poetically, "Lean John."