1. Pony Express, Overland Mail service, Western Union, transcontinental railroad; Chinese workers’ contributions.
2. Effects of Gold Rush on California’s economy; economic conflicts.
3. Immigration and migration between 1850-1900; conflicts and accords.
4. American immigration, migration, settlement, growth of towns and cities.
5. Effects of Great Depression, Dust Bowl and World War II on California.
6. Development of new industries since the turn of the century.
7. Evolution of California’s water system; dams, aqueducts, reservoirs.
8. Development of the public education system; universities, community colleges.
9. Influence on the nation’s artistic and cultural development; entertainment industry.
Support Materials for this Section

Portuguese Americans celebrate, 1915

Amos and Cynthia Hudgins, 1887

William and Alice Goodwin Osby, 1918

A water tower under construction in downtown San Diego, 1870

Photographer W.A. Vale, 1872

Hotel del Coronado, 1887

Chinese men pose at the Klindt Studio, 1895

Kate Session at age 17, 1875

Kate Sessions, 1935

American Hotel in Old Town, 1886

Coal wagons, 1885

Flume Construction, 1885

Otay Ranch, 1926

San Diego, 1918

Jim Lee’s Laundry, 1890

Grand Hotel, 1885

El Cajon Valley ranch house, 1885

First public school in Coronado, 1887

Chinese Junks, 1887

Railroad Construction, 1882

Ah Quin

Lee Hong, Late 1800s

Yee Yuet Kwai

Yee Yuet Kwai’s Mother

Yee Yuet Kwai’s Sister

Yee Sue Fong

Pharmacy, 1900

3rd and K, 1910

Quon Mane Family, 1900

Quon Mane Family, 1900

Quon Mane Store, 1925

Jim Lee Laundry, 1906

Certificate of Identity, 1912

Freedom Document, 1827

Mrs. Johnson, 1887

Blacks I.X.L. Laundry, 1890s

Two Girls, 1895

Coleman Toll Station, 1895

Hudgins Family Home, 1902

Robinson Restaurant, 1910

Nate Harrison, 1916

Nate Harrison, No Date

Nate Harrison, No Date

Four Firemen, 1927

George Ramsey, 1929

Trench on Lincoln Avenue, 1930

Performers at the Creole Palace, 1934

Japanese fish camp, No Date

Jewfish, 1905

Portuguese fishermen, 1905

San Diego Packing Company, No Date

Tuna Clippers, 1920

Tuna fishing, No Date

Tuna fishing, No Date

Tuna fishing, Need Date

Tuna fishing, No Date

Kelley Laundry Co., 1919

Tait’s Meat Market, 1926

B Street School, 1901
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