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Stephen Abas – Olympic freestyle wrestler. Paula Abdul – dancer (American Idol) Abby Abinanti – California’s first Native American female lawyer. Gracie Abrams – singer. Rosalie Abrams – playwright, actress, and activist. Beth Accomando – film critic, arts reporter, and podcast host. Ansel Adams – photographer.
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). California was one of the most culturally and ...
Category. : Historians of California. Historians specializing in the study of the history of California.
Alta California, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now California, U.S.) politician, journalist three-term Mayor of Los Angeles [12] Juan Bautista Alvarado: 1809–1882 Monterey, Alta California, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now California, U.S.) politician served as Governor of Alta California from 1837 to 1842 [13] José María Alviso: 1798–1853
February 27, 2015(#15000279) Santa Cruz 37°00′38″N122°02′38″W / 37.0106°N 122.044°W / 37.0106; -122.044 (California Powder Works Bridge) Santa Cruz. A 1872 covered bridge that is one of the best-preserved national examples of the Smith truss design. 23.
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. The most important colonial power, Spain, focused attention on its imperial centers in Mexico and Peru.
The Tongva people called the Los Angeles region Yaa in that tongue. [10] By the 1700s CE, there were 250,000 to 300,000 native people in California and 5,000 in the Los Angeles basin. The land occupied and used by the Tongva covered about 4,000 square miles (10,000 km 2).
Serrano, Kitanemuk, Tataviam, Vanyume. The Tongva (/ ˈtɒŋvə / TONG-və) are an Indigenous people of California from the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands, an area covering approximately 4,000 square miles (10,000 km 2). [1][2] In the precolonial era, the people lived in as many as 100 villages and primarily identified by ...