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State flag of California Location of California on the U.S. map. This is a list of notable people from the U.S. state of California. It includes people who were born/raised in, lived in, or spent portions of their lives in California, or for whom California is a significant part of their identity.
19th-century California politicians (4 C, 54 P) Pages in category "19th-century people from California" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
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 ...
One of the notable mythic figures is a 65-to-80-foot-long (20 to 25 m) humanoid figure located next to a second glyph, this of a quadruped resembling a mountain lion. [7] Additionally, 18-foot-tall (5.5 m) figures bearing a likeness to Mastamho and Kataar, the "hero twins of the creation myth," can be seen near Fort Mojave in Arizona.
Monterey, Alta California, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now California, U.S.) Californio politician, military leader William Waldo (California politician) 1812–1881 politician Bela Wellman: 1819–1887 entrepreneur founder of Wellman, Peck and Company Luzena Wilson: c. 1820–1902 entrepreneur founder of the El Dorado hotel in Nevada City
Historians specializing in the study of the history of California. Pages in category "Historians of California" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 ...
The most commonly accepted model of migration to the New World is that people from Asia crossed the Bering land bridge to the Americas some 16,500 years ago. The remains of Arlington Springs Man on Santa Rosa Island are among the traces of a very early habitation, dated to the Wisconsin glaciation (the most recent ice age) about 13,000 years ago.
This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in California.The United States National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources nationwide according to a list of criteria of national significance. [1]