. California; an intimate history. SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA l8,SO. SAN FRANCISCO Authenticated picture of the city as it appeared in 1846-47 SAN FRANCISCO California Star, recently started by Sam , Larkin, and Semple protested in vain. Con-fusion must be avoided, and the fuming capitalists on theStraits of Carquinez were obliged to call their villageBenicia, the second name of Senora Vallejo. There isto-day a town near by called Vallejo. But neither ofthese little northern communities has risen to the dignityof ten thousand inhabitants, although there is an arsenalat Benicia and t
. California; an intimate history. SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA l8,SO. SAN FRANCISCO Authenticated picture of the city as it appeared in 1846-47 SAN FRANCISCO California Star, recently started by Sam , Larkin, and Semple protested in vain. Con-fusion must be avoided, and the fuming capitalists on theStraits of Carquinez were obliged to call their villageBenicia, the second name of Senora Vallejo. There isto-day a town near by called Vallejo. But neither ofthese little northern communities has risen to the dignityof ten thousand inhabitants, although there is an arsenalat Benicia and the city named for the old general is closeto the Mare Island Navy Yard. Brannan had arrived on the 31st of July, 1846, on theBrooklyn, with a ship-load of Mormons. It was his purposeto found a colony on the bay and erect a great he found the American flag flying in PortsmouthSquare, and the United States go^^ernment was notpartial to Mormon colonies. However, they pitched alarge number of tents on the sand-hills behind the littletown and prepare
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