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California Background

1776 - The first Spanish Franciscan set-up Christian missions.

1812 - Russian fur traders established Fort Ross, north of San Francisco.

1821 - Mexico wins its independence from Spain, becoming California's new ruler.

1848 - The United States invades Mexico from the east, reaching San Diego in December.

- James Marshall discovered gold, kicking off the famous Gold Rush called the "49ers" because everybody from all over the world went to California to get rich.

1850 - California was admitted into the Union as the 31st state on September 9, 1850.

1853 - California Academy of Sciences is founded.

1856 - Following the cleanup of crime by the Committee of Vigilance, on June 11, 1856, the City of San Francisco was established.

1860 - California's famous Pony Express from Missouri and to Sacramento, California. The trips, lasting more than ten days, depending on weather conditions, were the first to connect the Midwest to California. Riders changed mounts at postal stations which were 15 miles apart. The fastest delivery was a trip in six days, delivering the news of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination.

1869 - First Transcontinental Railroad was completed. The system included tracks throughout California's Sierra Nevada region as well as connecting New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Mexico, Utah, and Nevada for traveling and mining transportation.

1870 - San Francisco had become the tenth largest city in the United States.

1878 - The first telephone service in California.

1883 - "Black Bart", a gentleman bandit who has been robbing Wells Fargo stages throughout northern California, turns out to be respectable bank clerk Charles Bolton.

1900 - Oil discovered along the Kern River.

1901 – President McKinley assassinated and Vice President Roosevelt becomes president.

1906 - April 18, a massive earthquake hit San Francisco and caused a 3-day fire that burned the city to ash.

1909 – The last Indian-manhunt.

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks.

http://www.ereferencedesk.com/resources/state-history-timeline/california.html

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