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The Bear Flag Revolt: Breaking Away from Mexico
The Bear Flag Revolt is one of the central episodes in the events leading to the U.S. annexation of California.
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Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
Military commander, town founder, politician, patriarch. Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was arguably the most powerful man in northern Alta California. After the American…
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Fr. José Altimira and Mission San Francisco Solano
Fr. José Altimira was a Spanish Franciscan priest who founded Mission San Francisco Solano, the last — and most controversial — of…
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Soldiers and Presidios in Alta California (with video)
Who were the soldiers that came to Alta California? What was their life like? What were the presidios, and what was their…
