Tag: california
Civil War Cannons in Placerville California
From 1848 until the Civil War, Placerville was a thriving city filled with fortune seekers looking for gold. In 1860, this remote city had more…
Thomas Starr King Statue Outside the California Capitol Building
Thomas Starr King’sĀ statue was in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Unfortunately, in 2006 State Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth, a Republican from Murrieta,…
G.A.R. Statue at Sacramento City Cemetery
The Old Sacramento City Cemetery in the California state capital is about twenty blocks south of the Capitol BuildingĀ on Riverside Drive and Second Ave,…
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The Ku Klux Klan’s Anti-Asian Campaign in Reconstruction Era California
The Atlantic Magazine has an article on the Reconstruction Era Ku Klux Klan in California. Historian Kevin Waite has identified a dozen attacks by the…