Archive for the ‘Joaquin Murrieta’ tag
Faces of the Joaquín Murrieta ride
For this week’s edition of Vida, I featured three people who participated in the 32nd annual Joaquín Murrieta Horse Pilgrimage. I’d like to introduce you to two more longtime riders: During Sunday’s celebration at the Halfway Store, Dante Hurtado hopped on the stage and began singing a corrido about the legendary bandito Joaquín Murrieta. Hurtado, [...]
The Joaquin Murrieta Dance-Off
This weekend, I covered the annual Joaquin Murrieta Horse Pilgrimage, a three-day, 60-some-mile horse ride through the west side of Fresno County. The event honors the legendary bandito Joaquin Murrieta – but at times, the event seemed more like a giant fiesta filled with friends and family. This was most obvious to me on Sunday [...]
