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The Society of California Pioneers, established in 1850, is dedicated to the study and enjoyment of California art, history, and culture. Founded by individuals arriving in California before 1850 and thriving under the leadership of several generations of their direct descendants, the Society has continuously served its members, the academic ...
Shortly after its refounding in 1922, the Society leased Room 508 of the Wells Fargo Building (at Second and Mission) as its headquarters. [7] Subsequently, the Society moved its offices to 456 McAllister (sharing the Pioneer Hall building near City Hall with the Society of California Pioneers) in 1938 [14] and the Flood Building as a temporary home in 1955 when the Pioneer society was expanding.
San Diego History Center; San Fernando Valley Historical Society; San Francisco Historical Society; San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum; Santee Historical Society; Society of California Pioneers; South Bay Historical Railroad Society
A few years later he was elected railroad commissioner from Northern California and served as the president of the board for four years. Hugh was also a member of the local Masonic Lodge and the Sacramento Society of California Pioneers, in which he served as president for a few years shortly before his death in 1906. [1]
Historical Society of Southern California Founded in 1883, the Historical Society of Southern California (HSSC) is the oldest historical society in California. Lemon Grove Historical Society; Los Angeles Conservancy, the largest membership-based historic preservation organization in the country. Los Angeles Historical Society
The 1562 map of the Americas, created by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez, which applied the name California for the first time.. California was the name given to a mythical island populated only by beautiful Amazon warriors, as depicted in Greek myths, using gold tools and weapons in the popular early 16th-century romance novel Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián) by ...
The exact year is lost to history: The 1906 earthquake in San Francisco set off a fire that burned up reams of naturalization records — and also allowed many people to add extra “relatives ...
Present-day Baja California of Mexico was misrepresented in early maps as an island.This example c. 1650. Restored. The first European explorers, flying the flags of Spain and of England, sailed along the coast of California from the early 16th century to the mid-18th century, but no European settlements were established.