Alta California
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Maria Nieto, a parent at Alta California Elementary School in Panorama City, also praised the program.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2023
While doing more research on the history of the estate, the brothers discovered an 1872 news clipping from the Alta California, a daily newspaper published in San Francisco.
From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2022
Headed to Oregon again without explicit orders to either assault or avoid California, he made an intrusion into the Mexican region called Alta California.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 20, 2020
Cattle ranches later took shape on huge private land grants, but Alta California still grew slowly, with a Hispanic population that did not reach 1,000 until 1790.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
This was called San Carlos of Monterey, and the settlement was the capital of Alta California for many years.
From Stories of California by Sexton, Ella M.
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