Santa Barbara and Montecito, past and present . was again the seniormember of the Territorial Department, then be-came Governor. These two continued in power,as military and civil heads respectively, untilAugust 10th, 1846. From October 31st, 1846, to January 11th. 8i SANTA BARBARA 1847, Jose Maria Flores was Governor, and di-rected the military operations against the Ameri-cans between San Pedro and Los Angeles. Hewas succeeded on January 11th, 1847, by AndresPico, brother of Pio Pico, who had the distinc-tion of being Commander of the Californianforces in the field, and Governor of Californi
Santa Barbara and Montecito, past and present . was again the seniormember of the Territorial Department, then be-came Governor. These two continued in power,as military and civil heads respectively, untilAugust 10th, 1846. From October 31st, 1846, to January 11th. 8i SANTA BARBARA 1847, Jose Maria Flores was Governor, and di-rected the military operations against the Ameri-cans between San Pedro and Los Angeles. Hewas succeeded on January 11th, 1847, by AndresPico, brother of Pio Pico, who had the distinc-tion of being Commander of the Californianforces in the field, and Governor of Californiafor two days; on January 13th 1847, he termin-ated his career as Governor, and signed the treatyof peace with Colonel John C. Fremont. In 1843, Thomas O. Larkin w^as appointedthe first, and became incidentally the last, Am-erican Consul in California. He also held vari-ous other official appointments under the UnitedStates Government up till 1848, v/hen Californiawas admitted to the Union, becoming an Ameri-can State, with all its American Acquisition Although historians differ regarding the re-spective merits of General Stephen W. Kearny,Commodore Robert F. Stockton, and Lieutenant 82 AND MONTECITO Colonel John C. Fremont, relative to the con-quest or acquisition of California by America,looking at it from an impartial standpoint, itmust be conceded that this became an accom-plished fact due in a great measure to the trueAmerican dash and persistency of the ^Tath-finder, by which title Lieutenant Colonel Fre-mont is almost universally remembered.
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