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• History Pages: 9 - Bear Flag Revolt
  ...g of the Mexican-American War in California. Some important early northern California persons could be discussed here, including Vallejo, Castro and Sutter, but ...tts Valley) grist mill. Then, late in 1845, a harbinger of big changes for California came to Santa Cruz; John C. Fremont.
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• History Pages: 13 - Pioneer German-Speakers of Santa Cruz County
  ...ting into the English-speaking dominant local culture in the U.S. state of California. ...the early days of what we know today as Santa Cruz County in the State of California, brought here mainly by the Gold Rush. Many language and ethnic groups were
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• History Pages: 35 - The first book on Santa Cruz history, from 1879
  ...nty History Journal Number 4|Santa Cruz County History Journal Number 4]]: Pioneers'', published the following year. ...n Santa Cruz County History Journal Number 4 as a member of the Society of Pioneers, but William got no mention because he did not join that organization.
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• History Pages: 41 - Approaching the Gilded Age: Santa Cruz Enters the 1880s
  ...argest and most important of the County's manufacturing facilities was the California Powder Works.” ...tural paving material similar to modern manufactured asphalt paving. Local pioneers in this new industry included Walrath, Thurber and Cowell.
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• Quite Contrary, The Litigious Life of Mary Bennett Love (2014 book)
  ...1842, led by Lansford Hastings. Still restless, the family moved south to California in 1843 - first to Sutter's Fort and eventually to the little port town of ...r through preemptive claims ("squatting") filed with the new U.S. state of California after 1850.
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• Anthony, Elihu
  ...bio: [[Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California (1893)]], page 298. [[Category:Persons in Society of Pioneers]]
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• Baldwin, Alfred
  ...ar, Baldwin joined the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Battalion California Battalion], and first came to Santa Cruz in 1847. He prospected for gold in *[[History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903)]], biography.
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• Trevethan, William
  * "California Pioneers: William Trevethan", ''Santa Cruz Sentinel'', July 2, 1870, 1:5-7
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• Majors, Joseph L.
  ...(1842), however, sign a grievance letter (Elliott, p.10) against the Alta California/Mexico government written by ten men - including Graham - who were imprison * Son John P. was a Soc. of Pioneers member.
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• Daubenbiss, John
  ...n immigrant to the US in 1835, took the Oregon Trail west in 1842, came to California in 1843, was naturalized in 1844, married in San Jose in 1847, and moved to ...(Brittingham), son Frank and his wife Louisa (Langenbeck) were all Soc. of Pioneers members.
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• Weeks, Thomas J.
  ...igh School. His house was moved around the corner, and still stands at 724 California Street. [[Category:Persons in Society of Pioneers]]
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• Steinmetz, Charles
  .../25452821/charles-steinmetz 1827-1905]) was a German immigrant who came to California in 1850, and retired in Santa Cruz in 1868. An obituary in the ''Santa Cruz [[Category:Persons in Society of Pioneers]]
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• Meder, Moses A.
  ..._Saints Brooklyn] in 1846 as part of the first group of Mormon settlers in California. Instead of staying with the group, however, Meder struck out on his own, e Meder and second wife Olive (Sinnett) were Soc. of Pioneers members.
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• Imus-Rice family
  ...s 1802-1856]) and his nephew (also Charles, known as Charlie), who came to California in 1846, and to Santa Cruz in 1848. Numerous relatives followed, including [[Category:Persons in Society of Pioneers]]
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• Hecox family
  ...Santa Cruz in the 1840s, and was one of the last local ''alcaldes'' before California statehood. He became the first keeper of the [[Point Santa Cruz]] lighthous [[Category:Persons in Society of Pioneers]]
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• Hall, Richard H.
  ...25177428/richard-harrison-hall 1824-1883]) was a Vermonter who came to the California gold fields in 1849, but found Santa Cruz first when his ship landed here b [[Category:Persons in Society of Pioneers]]
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• Grover family
  ...k Companion'' ch.9, item 7). Another brother, Elijah W., who was a Soc. of Pioneers member, stayed near "Grover's Mills". [[Category:Persons in Society of Pioneers]]
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• Mattison, John S.
  ...ial/95746080/john-stead-mattison 1823-1890]), a native of England, came to California in 1849, and in 1852 bought 160 acres from the [[Rodriguez family]] in what ...Ralph J., John's son Frank and Frank's wife Carrie (Peck) were all Soc. of Pioneers members.
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• Pinkham, John F.
  ...e marker in Colma credits him with membership in the Society of California Pioneers, but he did not join the Santa Cruz chapter.
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• Short, William
  '''William Short''' and his brother Samuel came to California in 1848. William came to Felton in 1867, and to Santa Cruz in 1882 (Gibson) William and his wife Sarah (Clark) were Soc. of Pioneers members.
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