Annie Montague Alexander is the privileged daughter of Samuel Thomas Alexander founder of what becomes the California & Hawaiian Sugar Company. (Better known as C&H…
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Che-na-wah Weitch-ah-wah is born in 1856 in Pecwan Village, on the Klamath River near the mouth of Pecwan Creek, in Humboldt County. She is a…
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Between January and April of 1858, Northern California is rocked by the “case of the decade” – a determination of whether Archy Lee is allowed…
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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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In 1975, Edward V. Roberts is named director of the California Department of Vocational Rehabilitation — the same agency that had previously declared him “unemployable.”…
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On June 17, 1930, federal law changes to allow the patenting of new varieties of plants. The Plant Patent Act of 1930 Is created to…
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Early on the morning of June 18, 1983, the space shuttle Challenger roars off of Kennedy Launch Complex 39 beginning a six-day mission to deploy…
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On March 17, 1950, a team of scientists at the University of California, Berkeley announce the discovery of a new element. Although California has long…
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In the spring of 1899, news of a potential “plague ship” making its way from Japan to San Francisco spurs action by federal officials. Joseph…
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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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