Pío de Jesus Pico influences California history for most of the 19th Century. Born in 1801, he is 31 years old when appointed governor —…
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Stories about government and power in California
On December 18, 1879, One-Eyed Charley, one of the legendary stagecoach drivers of early California, dies of tongue cancer. As locals prepare the body for…
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Emily Pitts Stevens occupies a hallowed position in the pantheon of early suffrage advocates in California. As a 25-year-old teacher of night classes for working women…
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“For the first time in the history of this nation a political party has chosen a Negro woman for the second highest office in the…
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On October 24, 1884, Marietta Stow declares her candidacy for vice president of the United States on the Equal Rights Party ticket, during a speech…
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On June 30, 1864, in the midst of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill entitled “An Act authorizing a Grant to the…
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The assassination of presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy early on the morning of June 5, 1968 tragically ends a campaign that seems all but certain…
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With a banner of Our Lady of Guadalupe at their head, 70 striking farmworkers led by Cesar Chavez leave Delano in Kern County on a…
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Triggering a national and international outcry, the San Francisco school board issues an order on October 11, 1906, requiring all Japanese and Korean children to…
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California’s men narrowly grant California’s women the right to vote on October 10, 1911. Approval of the constitutional amendment makes California the sixth state to…
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