California People

Use the links below to help you find information about your person.

Ansel Adams

http://www.zpub.com/sf/history/adams.html

http://www.sierraclub.org/ansel_adams/about.asp

http://www.leninimports.com/ansel_adams.html

James Pierson Beckwourth

http://www.beckwourth.org/Biography/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Beckwourth

Luther Burbank

http://parks.sonoma.net/burbstory.html

http://www.who2.com/lutherburbank.html

http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/21.html

Kit Carson

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/carson.htm

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcarsonK.htm

Caesar Chavez

http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Chavez.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_Chavez

Louise Clappe ("Dame Shirley")

http://www.cateweb.org/CA_Authors/clappe.html

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/ca_150/shirley.html (That's NOT her picture, it's an actress who plays her)

http://www.heydaybooks.com/public/books/TSLreadersguide.pdf

Lotta Crabtree

http://www.zpub.com/sf/history/crab.html

http://www.ncgold.com/History/LottaCrabtree/lotta.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotta_Crabtree

http://www.sfmuseum.org/bio/lotta.html

Richard Henry Dana

http://www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/dana/dana.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Henry_Dana

Walt Disney

http://disney.go.com/vault/read/walt/index.html

http://disney.go.com/disneyatoz/familymuseum/collection/biography/marceline/index.html

Donner Party

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/donner/

http://raiboy.tripod.com/Donner/id33.html

http://www.ncgold.com/History/donner.html

John C. Fremont

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Fremont

http://www.longcamp.com/

http://alt.tnt.tv/itw/itw_main.html (Click on "History". Then click "Historical Figures")

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAfremont.htm

http://www.militarymuseum.org/fremont.html

Jean Paul (J.P.)Getty

http://www.biography.com/search/article.jsp?aid=9309884&search=

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Paul_Getty

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761572486/Getty_Jean_Paul.html

Domingo Ghirardelli

http://www.ghirardelli.com/about/history.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domingo_Ghirardelli

Bret Harte

http://www.zpub.com/sf/history/harte.html

http://www.sacklunch.net/biography/H/FrancisBretHarte.html

William Randolph Hearst

http://www.spanamwar.com/Hearst.htm

http://www.pbs.org/crucible/bio_hearst.html

http://www.hearstcastle.org/history/william_r_hearst.asp

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/kids/history/html/independ/biohidalgo.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Hidalgo

http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/history/jtuck/jthidalgo.html

Theodore Judah

http://www.linecamp.com/museums/americanwest/western_names/judah_theodore/judah_theodore.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Judah

Biddy Mason

http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/mason-b.html

http://www.socialworkhallofdistinction.org/honorees/item.php?id=18

http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/5views/5views2h14.htm

John Muir

http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/sontag/muir.htm

http://sbpsd.k12.ca.us/schools/jmuir/muirhist.html

http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/life/muir_biography.html

William Mulholland

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/i_r/mulholland.htm

http://www.ladwp.com/ladwp/cms/ladwp001562.jsp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Mulholland

Ng Poon Chew

http://asianamericancenter.org/AACNews0307.pdf#search='Ng%20Poon%20Chew' (Open the document and go to page 4)

http://www.inn-california.com/articles/biographic/ngpoonchewbionotes1.html

Gaspar de Portola

http://www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/portola/portola.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/mexico.shtml (scroll down to Gaspar de Portola)

http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/P/Portola.html

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0839825.html

Sarah Royce

http://www.ncgold.com/History/BecomingCA_Archive20.html

http://www.oldsacramentolivinghistory.com/characters/sroyce.htm

Jedediah Smith

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/HNS/Mtmen/jedesmith.html

http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/feb/papr/jsmith.html

http://klesinger.com/jbp/jsmith.html

http://alt.tnt.tv/itw/itw_main.html (Click on "History". Then click "Historical Figures")

Abel Stearns

http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/la/historic/stearns.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcadia_Bandini_de_Stearns_Baker

http://www.ci.cerritos.ca.us/library/history/chapter3.html (Scroll WAY down the page to the section labeled "Abel Stearns")

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thedash1&id=I18537

Levi Strauss

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/strauss.htm

http://www.levistrauss.com/Downloads/History_Levi_Strauss_Biography.pdf

Harriet Russell Strong

http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/inventors/strong.html

http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=193

John Sutter

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/sutter.htm

http://www.syix.com/yubacity/johnsutter.html

Joe Walker

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WWwalkerJ.htm

http://www.trailblazers101.com/fur5.htm