- Cable Cars@
Travel by the Cable Cars, or the San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI), the world's last manually operated cable car system. Sites feature history, route maps, photographs, interactive demos, mailing list, and preservation and operation of historic street cars in San Francisco.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Mass_Transit/San_Francisco_Municipal_Railway__MUNI_
- Calico Ghost Town@
Explores the history of Calico, California, founded as a silver mining town in 1881. Includes a history of the town and how it eventually became a county park.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Yermo/Community
- California - The Gold Rush
Eyewitness accounts and songs.
www.notfrisco.com/calmem/goldrush/index.html
- California as I Saw It
First-person narratives of California's early years, 1849-1900.
memory.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbhome.html
- California Conservation Corps State Museum
Artifacts and documents devoted to Franklin Roosevelt's "Forest Army."
www.militarymuseum.org/CCCMuseum.html
- California Genealogical Society and Library
Maintains a library, gathers and preserves vital records, and provides education through meetings, seminars, and workshops.
www.calgensoc.org
- 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
- California Gold Rush
Historical articles, photos, and eyewitness accounts from the Museum of the City of San Francisco.
www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/masonrpt.html
- California Gold Rush [ceres.ca.gov]
Important dates and discoveries for the history of the 1848 California Gold Rush, from California's Natural Resources.
ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/geology/goldrush.html
- California Gold Rush Bibliographies
Periodical articles on the California Gold Rush.
wwwlibrary.csustan.edu/bsantos/goldrush/GoldTOC.htm
- California Heritage Museum
Exhibiting American decorative art, fine art, and folk art, with an emphasis on the California region.
www.californiaheritagemuseum.org
- California Historical Group@
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Living_History
- California Historical Society
Featuring an onsite bookstore and museum; includes local photos, historical publications, biographical clippings and more.
www.californiahistoricalsociety.org
- California History Center
Provides a focal point for the public interested in California?s rich regional history.
www.calhistory.org
- California History Online
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Annotated timeline by the California Historical Society.
www.californiahistory.net
- California Lecture Series
Series of lectures on California history recorded before a live audience. Topics include the California Missions, Mark Twain, water history, and the Southern Pacific Railroad.
bancroft.berkeley.edu/info/audiolectures.html
- California Mayflower Society
Genealogy resources for Mayflower descendants. Mayflower passengers, ancestry resources, pilgrim heritage, & colonial history.
www.mayflowersociety.com
- California Mission Internet Trail
Award-winning project constructed by students throughout California.
www.escusd.k12.ca.us/mission_trail/missiontrail.html
- California Mission Studies Association
Nonprofit group devoted to the study and preservation of the California missions.
www.ca-missions.org
- California Missions
With descriptions and photos of each mission.
missions.bgmm.com
- California Missions Interactive
Reports from a bicycle tour of twelve California missions, from Ventura to San Francisco.
www.tsoft.net/~cmi
- California Missions Virtual Tour
Photographic tour of the 21 California Missions.
www.thecaliforniamissions.com
- California Office of Historic Preservation
www.ohp.parks.ca.gov
- California Preservation Foundation
Statewide, nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of California's historic built environment.
www.californiapreservation.org
- California Society of Daughters of the American Revolution
Includes membership, local chapters, and genealogical research.
www.californiadar.org
- California Tax History
From the colonial period to present.
www.caltax.org/taxhist.htm
- California Territorial Quarterly, The
Covers a wide range of California history topics. Formerly known as the Dogtown Territorial Quarterly.
www.californiahistory.com
- California USGenWeb Project@
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Genealogy
- 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
- Camp San Luis Obispo Historical Site
Includes aircraft from the 1950s and '60s, sculptures by Italian prisoners-of-war from World War II, and a Bataan memorial.
www.militarymuseum.org/campsanluisobispo.html
- Capitola Historical Museum
Offers a collection of photographs and artifacts related to Capitola's history; as well as quarterly exhibits on the history and art of the area.
www.capitolamuseum.org
- Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
Cultural center supporting experimental fine arts and science, speakers, and theater productions.
www.carlcherrycenter.org
- 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
- Carolands, The
Beaux Arts National Historical Site, and turn of the century home of Harriet Pullman Carolan and her husband Francis.
www.thecarolands.com
- Casa del Herrero
Historic home and garden open for tours.
www.casadelherrero.com
- Castle Air Museum
Features rare warbirds from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and Cold War eras.
www.castleairmuseum.org
- Cemeteries of Contra Costa County
Offers burial records from Alamo, Alambra, Hidden Valley, Lafayette, Live Oak, Muir-Strentzel-Hanna, Rose Hill, and St. Paul (San Pablo) cemeteries.
members.tripod.com/coccc
- Center for Iranian Jewish Oral History
Gathers and disseminates information by interviewing people knowledgeable in Iranian Jewish History.
www.cijoh.org
- Center for Medieval Studies, The
Nonprofit group dedicated to keeping alive Medieval traditions, and educating schools and the public.
www.medievalstudies.org
- Centerville Depot, The
Online home of the restored Centerville transportation depot in Fremont, California. Includes bus and train schedules, as well as photos of historic passenger trains, railroads, and horsecars.
centervilledepot.railfan.net
- Chaffey Communities Cultural Center
Preserves and interprets the history of Upland, Ontario, Montclair, Mt. Baldy, and Rancho Cucamonga from 1880 to the present day. Includes a museum and library guide.
www.culturalcenter.org
- Chambon Foundation
Committed to exploring and communicating, especially in documentaries, the necessary lessons of hope intertwined with the Holocaust's unavoidable lessons of despair.
www.chambon.org
- Chinese American Museum
Aims to foster a deeper understanding of America's diverse heritage by researching, preserving, and sharing the history, rich cultural legacy, and continuing contributions of Chinese-Americans. Located in Los Angeles.
www.camla.org
- Chinese Historical Society of America
Dedicated to the study, documentation, and dissemination of Chinese American history.
www.chsa.org
- Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
www.chssc.org
- Civil War Round Table of Orange County
An organization for the study of the American Civil War and the preservation of its battlefields and historic sites. Monthly guest speakers.
www.cwrtorangecounty-ca.org
- Clan Iain Abrach~MacIain
16th century Scottish Renaissance guild specializing in portraying everyday life.
www.iainabrach.org
- Clayton Historical Society
Home, town jail and other buildings have been converted into a museum.
www.94517.com/chs
- Co. G 3rd Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Civil War reenacting group.
www.3gvi.org
- Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego
An association of people using personal computers in the pursuit of their genealogical research.
www.cgssd.org
- Computer Museum History Center
Dedicated to the preservation and celebration of computing history.
www.computerhistory.org
- Coronado Historical Association
Collecting, preserving, and presenting historical information related to the unique resort community of Coronado.
www.coronadohistory.org
- Curating the City: Wilshire Blvd.
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Interactive journey down one of L.A.'s most fascinating streets. From The Los Angeles Conservancy.
www.curatingthecity.org
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