Alta California
Americannoun
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A sample was sent to the governor of Alta California, who was rumored to have had some made into earrings for his wife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2025
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
On May 31, 1851, the Daily Alta California reported the treaty made with tribes of this region and stated that they were 1,000 strong.
From The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Cook, Sherburne F.
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