One of the quirkiest parts of the gaucho legacy lives in our corner of California, where students, alumni, and sports teams from the University of California at Santa Barbara call themselves The Gauchos. But even though UCSB took Gauchos as its nickname more than 70 years ago - and thousands of alumni are expected to return this weekend to celebrate the 3rd annual All Gaucho Reunion - few in Santa Barbara know just what a gaucho is, or why they should be proud to wear that name. And fewer still know how the gaucho name came to be immortalized here.
It's time to set the record straight. This is the true story of the gaucho, from Argentine cowboy to UCSB mascot
The Men Behind the Myths:
From Argentine Cowboys to Tossed Tortillas, the True Story of UCSB's Mascot
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Interesting story. I always wondered about the Argentian Gauchos.
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