Show THE STORY or OF OL OI R STATES Calif california orriL there Is an atmosphere of of romance enveloping the early history of california which ven even encircles the origin of the name about 1620 1520 a spanish love story was published in which there was fan an imaginary gland bland in tile the far east called C cull a U lornia some fifteen years later a party of spanish adventurers cable apon poll tile hie peninsula we now mil call lower california believing that thai they had discovered a romantic island similar to ahe one in the novel aley called it california later ou oil he territory to the north became kiowa cnown as alta california or high california and when it became a irate it was accordingly called cal fornia the first settlers were the franciscan monks who came up fron from plexico and established missions nd ciany are the legends woven around these pioneer padres there shortly grew up lip mexican settlements around tile the missions which the iv climate and ferEl laso i prospered the government while und under r me mexican X ie control was more or letis lens independent and at the outbreak out break odthe Mem mexican Lesia war fremont who was later defeated for the presidency occupied california when peace leacu was made in 1848 california became united states territory that sarie year gold was discovered ill i this sacramento valley aud the rush rusa of people to california began tiie mie population grew so rapidly thai hat 91 1850 california was a as tu pc hirty first state of the unison wi ft iti 1 ts Is square miles it t I 1 4 f argest state except texas po tc ly its power has been rapidly grou inga ing Calil brula now aas has thirteen thir teci teea presidential electors |