Cheryl Anne StappAug 17, 20223 minA Good ManYet another new governor—in fact the sixth governor that authorities in Mexico City had appointed since 1822—arrived at Monterey, the...
Cheryl Anne StappJul 20, 20222 minA Spectacular GatewayFamed explorer John Charles Frémont, the leader of several U.S. Army Topographical Corps mapping expeditions across the West, gave the...
Cheryl Anne StappJul 13, 20225 minAffair of HonorDueling was outlawed in California at its pre-statehood Constitutional Convention in the fall of 1849. However, the penalty imposed for...
Cheryl Anne StappApr 19, 20223 minServing California by SeaIn the Age of Sail, not everyone who entered California’s harbors came to settle. In the early 1820s, the ships of many nations began...