On January 21, 1913, the Oakland YWCA announces that the city’s own Julia Morgan — the most accomplished woman architect in the country — is…
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Mosquitoes and the weather is the chief topic, according to the Associated Press, as mayors in New Jersey and California inaugurate coast-to-coast direct dialing on…
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The Constitutional Convention at Monterey adopts California’s Great Seal on October 2, 1849. The debate over the final design is lengthy. One senator thinks the…
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Ten months before California becomes a state, voters overwhelmingly approve a constitution and elect a Legislature and a governor. There are some 107,000 persons of…
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A group of 70 men, women and children in 15 wagons sets out on May 15, 1841 from near Independence, Missouri for points west. In…
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Although Congress concludes extended and acrimonious debate that brings California into the Union on September 9, 1850, it isn’t until 40 days later, on October…
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