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- California is home to the Silicon Valley (a region known the world over for high technology, innovation, and venture capital.) San Jose, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the city is among the largest tech hubs in the United States.
- The first motion picture theater was opened in Los Angeles on April 02, 1902.
- During the late 1960s, the first workable internet prototype through the U.S. Department of Defense came into realization at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where ARPANET played a role in delivering communication between computers.
- Daniel Kish, born 1966 in Montebello, California, the president of the World Access for the Blind, is an American expert in human echolocation. He has the ability to detect objects the size of a softball.
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- California Once Declared Itself An Independent Country—For A month.
- Slavery Nearly Split California in Two Soon After It Achieved Statehood.
- During The Civil War, Californians Marched to Texas to Fight Confederate Rebels.
- Dead People Are No Longer Welcome in San Francisco.
- Oil Built Los Angeles.
In 1510, Spanish author Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo penned “Las Sergas de Esplandián” (“The Deeds of Esplandián”), a novel in which Amazon-like warriors who lived on the island of California, a paradise that abounded in gold and precious stones, aided the protagonist Esplandián. The story was so popular that when Spanish explorers under the command...
When California entered the Union in 1850, San Jose served as its initial state capital, but legislators quickly grew dissatisfied with their accommodations and in 1852 accepted an offer to move 60 miles north to Vallejo. To the lawmakers’ surprise, however, they arrived in Vallejo to find their new home still under construction. After an unsuccess...
On June 14, 1846, American settlers in Sonoma rose up against the Mexican authorities who governed the territory and declared the establishment of the independent California Republic. The rebels fashioned a makeshift flag with a lone red star and a crude drawing of a grizzly bear. Unbeknownst to the leaders of what became known as the Bear Flag Rev...
California entered the Union as a free state under the Compromise of 1850. Pro-slavery Southerners who had moved into the southern half of the state, however, advocated for seceding from California and forming their own state in which slavery would be legal. The secessionists gained the support of Spanish-speaking residents who thought the state’s ...
In 1862, the 1,500 men of the “California Column” who volunteered for the Union cause embarked on a march east to push back Confederate rebels from Texas who had crossed over into the territory of New Mexico. On a 900-mile trek to El Paso, Texas, the Californians skirmished with both Confederate rebels and Apache warriors under the command of Cochi...
When land became more precious and concerns about public health increased in San Francisco at the turn of the 20th century, the city outlawed burials. In 1912, San Francisco went a step further and evicted its dead. Many of them were moved to the adjacent municipality of Colma, where today the deceased residents outnumber the living ones by over 1,...
A half-century after the discovery of gold and silver caused the population of California to boom, huge oil fields were discovered underneath the small town of Los Angeles in the 1890s. By 1930, a forest of oil derricks dotted the Los Angeles area, and the state was pumping one-quarter of the world’s petroleum output. According to the Los Angeles D...
Oct 18, 2020 · From the country’s first European explorers to the discoveries of gold and silver, to today’s technological advances, this magical state—which was once believed to be an island of treasures—continues to amaze the world. Read on to discover California’s top fun facts and historical moments.
Nov 9, 2009 · European Exploration. Spanish explorers began sailing the West Coast of North America looking for the mythical “Island of California,” entirely populated by beautiful women, described in Garcí...
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- The Native American Tribes of California. Various Native American tribes inhabited the present-day state of California for 13,000 to 15,000 years. Early explorers depicted California as an earthly paradise where native tribes simply lived off what nature provided.
- The First European Contact in California – (1542) A Spanish sailing expedition led by Portuguese captain Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo entered San Diego Bay for the first time in September 1542.
- California Exploration and Settlement – (1579) Captain Francis Drake explored the California coast in 1579, which led to England claiming the country.
- Spanish Colonial Period in California – (1769–1821) The Jesuit priest Juan Maria Salvatierra established the first permanent mission in Baja California, escorted by a small boat crew and six soldiers.
The history of California can be divided into the Native American period (about 10,000 years ago until 1542), the European exploration period (1542–1769), the Spanish colonial period (1769–1821), the Mexican period (1821–1848), and United States statehood (September 9, 1850–present).
1 day ago · Geographical and historical treatment of California, including maps and a survey of its people, economy, and government. The fluid nature of the state’s social, economic, and political life—shaped so much by immigrants—has for centuries made California a laboratory for testing new modes of living.
