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  • Anza, Juan Bautista de (1736-1788)@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Explorers/Anza__Juan_Bautista_de__1736_1788_
  • Donner Party (4)
    Learn about Donner Party, the group of American settlers who, in the 1840s, resorted to cannibalism while emigrating to California. Sites offer background information, chronology, museum archives, pictures, maps of the journey, and film based on the fateful journey across Sierra Nevada.
    dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Donner_Party
  • Stanford, Leland (1824-1893) (2)
    dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Stanford__Leland__1824_1893_
  • Shadows in the Range of Light
    Interactive exhibit about Yosemite's Buffalo Soldiers, the African American soldiers in the 24th Infantry and 9th Cavalry who protected the Sierra Nevada in the early 1900s.
    shadowsoldier.wilderness.net
  • Sutro, Adolf (1830-1898)@
    Find sites for Adolph Sutro (1830-1898), the Jewish engineer and mayor of San Francisco through sites featuring biography, career profile, and historical contributions including Sutro Tunnel across Comstock gold mines, Sutro Baths, and many more. Also includes a documentary film about his remarkable achievements.
    dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Sutro__Adolf__1830_1898_
  • Raker Act@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Hetch_Hetchy/Raker_Act
  • Murietta, Joaquin (1809-1853)@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Murietta__Joaquin__1809_1853_
  • Bear Flag Revolt (1846) (1)
    dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Bear_Flag_Revolt__1846_
  • Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California
    An ethnic historic site survey of American Indians, Black Americans, Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, and Mexican Americans in California.
    www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/5views/5views.htm
  • California Gold
    Listen to multicultural Northern California folk music from the 1930s. Collected as part of a WPA project and archived by the Library of Congress.
    lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afccchtml/cowhome.html
  • Calisphere
    University of California's online collection of digital primary sources, including images and documents covering California's history from pre-statehood to the present day.
    www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu
  • American Memory: The Chinese in California, 1850-1925
    Illustrates Chinese immigration to California from 1850 to 1925 through photographs, cartoons, letters, diaries, business records, and legal documents.
    lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award99/cubhtml
  • Amalgamator - Skidoo, 1909
    True adventure story of the early 20th Century mining camp Skidoo.
    www.bosonline.com/ehrhart/skidoo/index.html
  • American Memory: California as I Saw It
    First-person narratives of California's early years, 1849-1900.
    memory.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbhome.html
  • California Tax History
    From the colonial period to present.
    www.caltax.org/taxhist.htm
  • Carnegie Libraries of California
    Documents all the Carnegie libraries built in California, both those demolished, and still standing, as well as the history of Carnegie libraries in the state.
    www.carnegie-libraries.org
  • In Our Own Backyard: Resisting Nazi Propaganda in Southern California,1933-1945
    Explores Nazi-sponsored and inspired activities of groups like the Ku Klux Klan and German American Bund in the 1930s and '40s, the Dies Commission, and the Sedition Trial of 1944.
    digital-library.csun.edu/backyard
  • Randsburg Railway
    Dedicated to preserving the history of the railroad, by disseminating what is known and soliciting information from visitors.
    www.randsburg-railway.com
  • LearnCalifornia
    An online resource for students, teachers, and anyone interested in state history. From the California Secretary of State.
    www.learncalifornia.org
  • California as I Saw It
    First-person narratives of California's early years, 1849-1900.
    memory.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbhome.html
 


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