More about Freeman's Station...

Robber's Roost"
Photo by Scott Schwartz

The Raymonds had a rather unwelcome visitor in February of 1874.  Former San Quentin inmate and all-around bad guy Tiburcio Vasquez and his gang arrived at Freeman's Station at 11 AM on February 25.  The outlaws spent a lovely day robbing the stage-stops patrons- even shooting one recalcitrant fellow in the leg for his failure to comply with the gangs' demands-before departing at 6 PM (with several of Freeman's horses).

Vasquez and his men are believed to have spent several days camped at the oddly-shaped rock formation now known as "Robber's Roost", while he cased Freeman's Station, which was only a few miles away.

Ultimately, things did not end well for Tiburcio Vasquez, for he was captured by a posse in May of 1874.  In  March of the following year, after nearly a year of notoriety while imprisoned (he sold photographs of himself  in order to raise money for his legal defense), Vasquez was executed by hanging.