History of California from 1000AD to present?

The missions were the first non-native settlements in California. The Spanish brought Californians out of the stone age, but had little respect for Native Californian culture.

The meaning of the word 'california' in Spanish is "wide bay."

The statehood of California was proclaimed in 1850 on the 9th September. Prior to 19th century many countries such as England and Russia established colonies in cali. The governance of Spanish...

My Dark Places: An L.A. Crime Memoir, the 1996 book, part investigative journalism and part memoir, by American crime-fiction writer James Ellroy and If I Did It, the book by Pablo Fenjves and O. J....