Delaplane, Kristin

Mar 12, 1995

Abstract: Information for this article came from "History of the Vaca Clan," by Jeff Paul. The Vacaville Heritage Council and the Vacaville Museum. The family name Vaca came about during the Moorish wars in Spain. Any man who marked a strategic river ford with a cow's skull was rewarded by the king with the name Cabeza de Vaca (cow's head).