California’s third governor was a Pennsylvania native and self-educated lawyer who came west in 1849 with thousands of others during the Gold Rush and settled in Sacramento, where his kindness and selfless aid to sufferers during the 1850 cholera epidemic was Continue reading California Governors: John Bigler, 1852 – 1856
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Secession Crises in California
California’s north-south cultural split started early, when the 6,000 residents of Los Angeles balked at legislation to disproportionately tax them to raise state revenue. The six southern “cow counties” were burdened with $42,000 in Continue reading Secession Crises in California