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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 ...
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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 ...
William Anthony Richardson (August 27, 1795 – April 20, 1856) was an early California entrepreneur, influential in the development of Yerba Buena, the forerunner of the city of San Francisco. Richardson was the first to receive a land grant in the city, deeded to him by the alcalde, José Joaquín Estudillo. [1]
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.
John Bidwell (August 5, 1819 – April 4, 1900), known in Spanish as Don Juan Bidwell, [1] was an American pioneer, politician, and soldier. Bidwell is known as the founder of the city of Chico, California.
Benjamin or Ben Kelsey (1813 – February 19, 1889) was an early American pioneer of California with his brothers Andrew and Sam Kelsey. He was a founder, often with one or more of his brothers, of several settlements in California. Kelsey was born in Kentucky in 1813.
John Alfred "Jack" Swan (November 22, 1817 – January 6, 1896), also known as Jack Swan, was a prominent California pioneer who arrived in Monterey in 1843. He is credited with founding the First theater in California, around 1845, and helping Commodore John Drake Sloat raise the American flag over the Custom House, declaring California as part of the United States during the American ...