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

Helix Post Office in Spring Valley, 1895

Redman Mine in Julian, 1894

Ocean Beach, 1915

B Street School, 1903

Comstock’s Stagecoach, 1899

A woman with ollas, 1912

San Diego-Julian stagecoach, 1890

San Diego County Courthouse, 1873

Old Cobblestone Jail in Old Town, 1875

Hedge’s mining camp, 1902

Governor Pío Pico, 1880

Governor Pío Pico, 1865

Woman and large olla in Spring Valley, 1890

Alamo Mocho stagecoach station, 1920
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