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California Name
California is first used in a fiction novel published in Spain, 1510 by Garcia Ordoñez de Montalvo. The books name translates to "Adventures in Esplandian." Montalvo wrote about californians,a race of black amazons and their Queens name was Calafia. -
The De Anza expedition.
Juan Batista de Anza started an expedition and colonized California. Travelled with 20 soldiers, 11 servants and 143 horses. -
Disease Kills Natives
Native Americans have been affected by the disease and health concerns throughout their history, but a major turning point in Native American disease presence was with the arrival of Europeans. This was due because of the Columbian Exchange. -
California Gold Rush
Gold was found by James Marshall near Sutters Mill. In Caloma,California. -
California Statehood
By the efforts of Clay, Fillmore, Webster and Douglas, California became the 31st state (free of slavery) , September 9, 1850, war between the North and the South was postponed. -
Building of Alcatraz
The island was est. in 1853.The Island served as an army base/fortress.It got its first documented soldiers in 1859. -
The Pony Express
The Pony Express was a mail service delivering messages, newspapers, mail, even small packages from St. Joseph, Missouri across the Great Plains, over the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada to Sacramento, California by horseback.It became the West's most direct means of east–west communication . -
California First Westward Train
California's first railroad crossed the Isthmus of Panama.The Panama Railway reduced the time needed to cross the Isthmus from a week of difficult travel. -
Oil Found by Kern River
Oil was discovered at 70 feet in 400 ft. north of the river,when Horace and McWhorton found oil in 1899. They made the first commercial well. -
First bay Bridge
Direct road route between San Francisco and Oakland.The toll bridge was started as early as the gold rush days but it wasnt started on construction until 1933.
