Show 1 fo f ni 1 ale her W staf stoicho 4 V aaa ov 4 M 9 Is g anniversary of herp admission to union V by JOHN jofin DICKINSON SHERMAN ALi tills this year Is A li in itari alm ilm lic mant firth annl is sary i of IKI id tilis slon to 0 o alie union admission illy din Is 1 9 anit alli ex e 11 ill nce cilles tire in lit sins mil and 1 i V V 1 binl af their own on fur for ll 11 UK t maick 1 I loaid lani II 11 eidl adly cull till follina 1111 n sibille lilt he enli i lis iiii 1111 retty tt alii ti nil 1111 the list 1 il I alln liv orld ls Is directly di dh or fiti Ille ill cily jill ed in her lit co lebrat il or ill hilll tin the peoples of lit kllc H civilized world tl io tin alil ol of 11 1818 50 that ulu tile golden state stale al the 1 in int ni ithiers ices you MII M see 0 into hill the lie allaead of f IK her i turn ellb 1 I lil i liisi alini of iho geoul aill ill clie i ii ille of C Ili fol ma 1111 as is tile luil N state od ll il filc tors llull lintel led tin the 14 1 i lit of the amli 1110 hill in coli out olit rf of tile il dellill ild for it illicit loll 1011 dencell tin tile mississippi hlll and the in ill illi vaille tin the mull alfill of alln ile I 1 ivins firdes llio loll 1011 pony express biross ii ross of sif 1860 tin flit 1 st I lollis I 1 oms san s in iliof if imil IM gilld iain tin tile di iliin il king iii of tile IK nold gold mil and illner ill ond spikes tl kS ill ISO 1861 it at ogden cali VI il u alory gioi in ill itself moreover tile ifs is of I 1 lilston aio y have 11 ans till nil alier mv aind ad call il several Ber nl aich anvill lon loila lal interest i st historians histo if the alx monroe doctrine of ll 11 had I 1 not fiel tit lita Itus sinns ins unit that furtyo t bisin ti sin of their pacific Ii Hlf coast ois arrivi als othild ile 11 regarded us its the ic eimil festa flon of tilt im unfriendly disposition tc tomira ird the united states if the lie calsing ot of tile lie republic ling by bv amerlee j june tine 14 brid not been boilow followed I 1 three beeks later inter tit nt monterey Slon terey by the lie finnex nalon of california to the lie states it if admiral seymours british noet fleet iad arrived nt at monterey Mon terpy before com coin eodore of tile be american navy find taken possession instead of just jus t lifter after if rold gold had heen been discovered in call fortela forkla during the mexican war vir in stead plead of just after the region hit lind become ours by conquest and trent treaty then too the rise and fall of tit california Call fornin missions Is of interest alike to lo historical student economist aal religionist jesuits began the establishment of the missions of lower california with their expulsion in 1707 the dominicans were vere given the work while the frani fran were called upon to begin on upper california father Juni gunipero pero sen padre preal dente had founded nine slona along the camino real from san diego to san ban francisco when he be died in 1784 2784 they prospered A ely hn h n aigro AIl ro laed tile missions of in III all j iiii lenir ro bic A 1 N midi lilt it i fore forca or indian no the aidi es 1111 lidid 1 nhoun itile sl simp clivel ivel will les Il lvir grilla biln 4 iop n p w is hii ii liok id thell income froidl ili anoll 1 IK ids N 1 ais I r 1 lir 1 n fiill or of I 1 iIII loll 1011 1 I f till ills A ren fl M US mr acell li nl to lo snip the hie aits or i 1 of dl lin and leme li no tin till ingli i nils illo ho nere MH in i biml ineil I 1 1 loll ion of nl i im ll 11 tile 1 of S n 11 ilig crowl of 1111 hell and so to to homeless ander els Ag ollit lins has lucli it hnz of licks iricks for from spots it for itis i nt it nil all chini ci ini for all comers om rr its just ns us its ansy on it summer lily to st annl nn it it a sno snowbank on the lie slopes of Mii I 1 whitney it ibid and antl citti it sin sh lien trout lit in tin in ive cold inke us its it 1 Is lii oi egg s in ili tin sun stin it in dontai milici 2710 7 kill ail tit nt son not aan rn r n it 1 it lilt tell by li the lie thermometer r x livili i rs its christain Christ nin or flie fourth of 1 lil 1 iv tin n hilele Is I 1 mount ont the lie only alvano ol tino vano bild ille lii ld trees and ro re doods the oldest mil ind hig 11 kupst things on earth and so ui tit very rv name ests the romance ronni int of her early tal days and her 4 nn are very d old cortez ditc ii tc of malco agte if ilie lie jiniv n ini to tn lower california whon lit lio wade in ide ills settlement at la ii inz li in 1 5 r california Is lie naine cf if it fiction til island inhabited inlall Pl by amazons under mider queen calalla and rich in KII gold diamonds till and pearls in tin nn old spanish romance las ns de nn by garcia de Mori montalvo 1510 in ili alta aka upper california cabrillo national monument marks the lie spot first sighted by juan rodriguez cab cililo in june of 1542 lie HP was a portuguese navigator hying flying the roldon golden astles of castile find the red lions of leon icon so the flag of spain was the first arst to float over oer the lie coast in june of IWO a strange ship flying the red cross of st george swooped down on the coast of alta california and captured spaniards galleons gal leons and treasure galore it was the golden ilind hind on her way round the world unter under that great sea captain sir brodda drake part gentleman adventurer and part pirate drake landed north of san francisco took tooh possession in the tiame name of england and named the region new albion the Rus blundering down through behring strait in 1728 prosecuted the he fur trade Agorou vigorously sly established their fortified posts as far south as san francisco bay and had the spanish californians terrorized the bonroe doctrine put an end to their brennis of tin an ciplic on oil tiie the Am americal Aroe pacific I 1 kalir In including luding hail and incident tall y kf gave us its ahi alick akili a by purchase ain chase in ille red ellid cf i 4 raille camp ain amil in ajl licci MI deo van on her livo 1 UK the hilll ili lit ill il i nii alia california alit ar 1 ii 25 i u vears ars anik if v I 1 I 1 ISK 1016 i 11 in ninin of 13 1 i li ills took bolk bosc mon of sonoma il bollers of rii ell 0 VillI ills small gill rison damn ili lie mexican fang alii tile of california mil mid nin up it lilli minim Ille alln especially ninde for mca loll froidl ic five yards of vollon iuliu cloth tin and at call of reil red gallit alit rall I 1 cair ilita waved win cd proudly over oer bhe of Cull forilla for just ast 21 ans s 1 I 1 fit ilar n had ihen heen on diio mm 13 11 though iiii lol in ill cill call foi iiii knew alsin it tit ica re ched Commo commodore dure lolin adhn 1 I in 1 I of iiii banol il forces lit in the lip vacille fh lie sailed cil lillo inlo llon tery took in slin cf if tit the port ili mil I 1 cai n july 7 r nisen tho du stars all stripes ind pro the annexation Hin pilon of if i 1 to till lie al sc e arrived lilt it british ll 11 ht rt it few dih dabs later just too law the california i MII set going by tile of if the benr flag cattle canio to tin ain end binl with etli the sl ot of tile hie ct ca I 1 capitulation of if 13 VIT V IT the next year leir saw the hie ell end of the lie mexican var nr A lay for california was 2 on that iny was ns signed tile treaty of po go which alrh ninde safely ours liy by conquest and pui liso and on that lint jay day juines james W marshall licked up a nugget of gold in tin the raceway of the new no sawmill at coloine in the sacra ineneo valley just hullt built fly by capt john A St slitter itter of slitters fort and nl new ew fame faille i at the close of the mexican regime there was the lie miserable presidio itil and pueblo of yerba buena nt at the entrance to san francisco hay with alth indahl lints hy by the winter of 1849 50 this miserable village had become the city of san francisco with people in canvas tents tin houses and wooden cabins scattered all tile the way from the beach to telegraph hill and as ninny many more on the way via the norn thel isthmus and the overland trall trail so that Is the discovery of rold gold ni at Sut lers mill did for california and I 1 why Cali fornias gold lying almost in plain sight should have escaped the Span spaniard lard the roost most indefatigable gold hunter the world ever saw Is a mys tery unless one believes in the guld j lag ing hand of divine providence in the progress of the one nation of earth 1 dedicated to liberty equality of right 1 and the pursuit of happiness |