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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