Alta California
Americannoun
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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
The cease-fire signified the end of fighting in Alta California during the Mexican-American War and signaled the beginning of the end of Mexican control over the American Southwest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 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
The settlement was at once made capital of Alta California, and Portola appointed the first governor.
From In the Footprints of the Padres by Stoddard, Charles Warren
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