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Alta California

American  
[ahl-tuh] / ˈɑl tə /

noun

  1. a former Spanish colony of New Spain, in the modern-day states of California, Nevada, and N Arizona: ceded by Mexico to the United States 1848.


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Andres Pico was a Californio statesmen and acting governor of Alta California, and Lt.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2024

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

Governor Figueroa, called the "benefactor of Alta California" ordered the Missions to be given up to the Indians.

From Stories of California by Sexton, Ella M.

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