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Browsing Local History Articles by "Josephine Clifford McCrackin"
The Home Ranch of the Cowells, by
Josephine Clifford McCrackin
The Gate through which we drove had been put up in 1854, and every pointed paling brought from San Francisco, ... [Read more]
Pino Alto: County Home of the William T. Sesnon Family, by
Josephine Clifford McCrackin
To hesitate, is to be lost. I wanted to claim that this beautiful home belonged to Santa Cruz; hesitated a ... [Read more]
Bret Harte in "The Movies", by
Josephine Clifford McCrackin
Among the most sacredly guarded of my few treasures are two bound volumes of the Overland Monthly, the magazine that ... [Read more]
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As the result of the Mexican War, Mexico ceded California to the United States in 1846. A territorial government should have been established by the U.S. Congress, but it was not. Congress delayed establishing any civilian government while it struggled with the issues of slavery and the balance of slave ..." [More]
Excerpted from California Government between 1846 and 1851 by Rechs Ann Pedersen
