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  2. Spanish colonial pueblos and villas in North America - Wikipedia

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    Historical map of Spanish North America Map of Spanish America c. 1800 Diagram of Pueblo of Santa Barbara, California (Walter A. Hawley, 1910) U.S. post office application from 1866 shows the four square Spanish leagues of the pre-statehood Los Angeles Pueblo Provincias Ynternas de Nueva España mapped in 1817

  3. List of National Historic Landmarks in California - Wikipedia

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    Within two years of discovering gold in this town, it was the 3rd largest city in California. The historic district is now an open museum and the best preserved California Gold Rush town. 29: Commander's House, Fort Ross: Commander's House, Fort Ross

  4. Californios - Wikipedia

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    He founded the towns of Sonoma and Petaluma, California, owned Mare Island and the future town site of Benicia, California, and was granted the 66,622-acre (269.61 km 2) Rancho Petaluma, the 84,000-acre (340 km 2) Rancho Suscol and other properties by Governor José Figueroa in 1834 and later.

  5. Spanish missions in California - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 January 2025. 18th to 19th-century Catholic religious outposts in California For the establishments in modern-day Mexico, see Spanish missions in Baja California. The locations of the 21 Franciscan missions in Alta California. Part of a series on Spanish missions in the Americas of the Catholic Church ...

  6. List of cities in the Americas by year of foundation - Wikipedia

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    California: United States: Founded as a Presidio (military settlement). The first civilian settler, William A. Richardson, arrived in 1822. 1776 Sincelejo: Sucre: Colombia 1777: San Jose: California: United States: Originally known as El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, the first town in the Spanish colony of Nueva California, which later ...

  7. Branciforte - Wikipedia

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    Branciforte, originally named Villa de Branciforte, was the last of only three secular pueblos founded by the Spanish colonial government of Alta California.The pueblo was established in 1797 on the eastern bluff of the San Lorenzo River, facing Mission Santa Cruz on the west side of the river, in modern-day Santa Cruz, California.

  8. 15 Small Towns to Visit for a Charming Thanksgiving Getaway - AOL

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    Visit the birthplace of Thanksgiving! Plymouth is one of the oldest historical town in America where pilgrims originally settled in the New World; today, the locals host an annual Thanksgiving parade.

  9. History of Riverside, California - Wikipedia

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    On September 12, 1870, the Southern California Colony Association of Jurupa was formed, and on September 14 they purchased much of the Silk Association's land and water rights. Initially the new colony was referred to as Jurupa, for the name of the original Rancho that occupied the area, but the Colony Association formally adopted the name ...

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