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The Great Seal, or the Great Seal of the State of California as it is officially called, is the impression made on "all commissions, pardons and other public instruments to which the signature of the Governor is required" with the attestation of the Secretary of State; the impression, with or without "wafer," is made by a master die and counter die of an officially adopted design fixed in a ...
California red-legged frog Rana draytonii: 2014 [2] Animal: California grizzly bear Ursus arctos californicus: 1958 Bat: Pallid bat. Antrozous pallidus. 2024 [3] Bird: California quail Callipepla californica: 1931 [4] Colors: Blue and gold Blue represents the sky, and gold represents the color of the precious metal found by forty-niners in the ...
California's first State Capitol building in San Jose, which served as the capital of California 1850–51. The Pueblo de San Jose was chosen as the first state capital (Article XI Sec. 1). Soon after the election they set up a provisional state government that set up the counties, elected a governor, senators, and representatives, and operated ...
List of years in the United States by state or territory: The following is list of events of the year 1850 in California. Incumbents Governor ...
California joined the Union as a free state via the Compromise of 1850. By the end of the 19th century, California was still largely rural and agricultural , with a population of about 1.4 million. Pre-Columbian history (c. 13,000 BC – 1530 AD)
In 1953, the design and specifications for the state flag were standardized in a bill signed by Governor Earl Warren and illustrated by Donald Graeme Kelley of Marin County, California. [5] The Californian state flag is often called the "Bear Flag" and in fact, the present statute adopting the flag, California Government Code § 420, states ...
The city of Eureka, California, founded in 1850, uses the California State Seal as its official seal. Eureka is a considerable distance from Sutter's Mill, but was the jumping off point of a smaller gold rush in nearby Trinity County, California in 1850. It is the largest of at least eleven remaining US cities and towns named for the ...
State Resource Guides, from the Library of Congress; Tables with areas, populations, densities and more (in order of population) Tables with areas, populations, densities and more (alphabetical) State and Territorial Governments on USA.gov; StateMaster – statistical database for U.S. states; State Symbols USA