1. Locations of settlements, including Mexican settlements
2. How and why people traveled to California; routes they traveled
3. Effects of the Gold Rush; daily life, politics, physical environment
4. Women who helped build California
5. How California became a state; how new government differed from previous.

Support Materials for this Section

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Helix Post Office in Spring Valley, 1895
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Redman Mine in Julian, 1894
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Ocean Beach, 1915
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B Street School, 1903
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Comstock’s Stagecoach, 1899
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A woman with ollas, 1912
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San Diego-Julian stagecoach, 1890
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San Diego County Courthouse, 1873
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Old Cobblestone Jail in Old Town, 1875
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Hedge’s mining camp, 1902
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Governor Pío Pico, 1880
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Governor Pío Pico, 1865
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Woman and large olla in Spring Valley, 1890
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Alamo Mocho stagecoach station, 1920

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