The Silver DonsDescribes how the Spanish Dons wrested the Californian lands from the missionaries and lost them to the American pioneers with the start of the gold rush. |
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Raising of the American Flag | 2 |
CALIFORNIA IN 1830 | 3 |
The Sonora Trail to California | 8 |
Copyright | |
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