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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...ogy..."] (assuming L and H only came here once). The Society of California Pioneers "online photographic database" of 1,495 images (lower-res versions download ...ions/photo/lh/ 1,495 Lawrence and Houseworth images, Society of California Pioneers]
    0 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 18:17, 29 December 2022
  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...(expanded from the originals by the editors). Many spouses and children of pioneers were also members. [[Hihn, Frederick A.|F. A. Hihn]] founded the local Soci
    97 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 04:28, 22 February 2024
  • ...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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  • ...hies appear in this volume belong to the [[:Category:Persons in Society of Pioneers]]. ...early-resident profiles, in an article by Phil Reader titled ''The Missing Pioneers''.
    3 members (1 subcategory, 0 files) - 17:34, 17 March 2024
  • * "California Pioneers: William Trevethan", ''Santa Cruz Sentinel'', July 2, 1870, 1:5-7
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  • ...(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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  • ...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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  • ...igh School. His house was moved around the corner, and still stands at 724 California Street. [[Category:Persons in Society of Pioneers]]
    1,020 bytes (147 words) - 19:36, 16 October 2023
  • .../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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  • ..._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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  • #'''2015'''. [[The 1918 Influenza Epidemic in Santa Cruz County, California]] #'''2017'''. [[Elihu Anthony (1818 – 1905): A Pioneer of the Pioneers of California]]
    24 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 16:01, 9 May 2024
  • ...allments, containing many historical biographies of "pioneers" who came to California prior to statehood, and had at least some connection to the original Santa ...ohn_C._Fr%C3%A9mont John C. Fremont] had a large presence in pre-statehood California, but his influence in our area was limited to one or two recruiting visits
    126 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 19:38, 3 May 2024
  • ...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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  • ...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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