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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…

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Thomas Starr King Statue Outside the California Capitol Building

Thomas Starr King’s  statue was in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Unfortunately, in 2006 State Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth, a Republican from Murrieta,…

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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 Building  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…

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