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
For more information about the HELP Program, please contact the San Diego History Center’s Education Department at: education@sandiegohistory.org
