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Beautiful homes, beautiful parks. Always exclusive by income, the effects of deliberate racial exclusion are still evident in this enclave carved out of Oakland, one of the most diverse cities in the US.

#BlackHistoryMonth #PiedmontCalifornia
#CaliforniaHistory

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100 Years After a Black Family Was Forced Out, a Descendant Sues a California City
A sculpture park is being built in Piedmont, California, to honor the Dearing family, but one relative says it’s not enough.
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February 14, 2026 at 5:06 PM
mostlyasianhistory.bsky.social
"Mostly Asian History" returns to the California Gold Rush.

#Chinesehistory #Chineseamericanhistory #Californiahistory #Sanfranciscohistory #goldrushhistory

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The Chinese Six Companies and the Early “Tong” Wars in California, Part 3
What were the Chinese companies and why were they fighting each other?
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February 8, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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#Wallartforsale #wallart #cityscape #Panoramic #SignalHill #California1923 #OilDerricks #oilIdustry #OilWells #gifts #giftideas #PorcupineHill #CaliforniaHistory #PetroliumField #oilboom #homedecor
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February 7, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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When my maternal grandparents split up in 1928, my grandmother and her three children took the train from Minneapolis to California
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#California #Californiahistory #Minneapolis
January 23, 2026 at 8:38 AM
mendovoice.bsky.social
🌿 Before hospitals and highways, Mendocino County women helped keep their communities healthy through care, resilience and ingenuity.

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#mendocinocounty #mendocino #localhistory #californiahistory #americanhistory
From delivering babies to recordkeeping, Mendocino County women did it all • The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA
Midwives traveled to Ukiah once or twice a year to add babies to the county’s records.
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January 16, 2026 at 1:00 AM
quizand.bsky.social
Discover 10 Weird Facts About California in the intellectual playground at 500ways.com/10-weird-fac... ( #California, #redwoods, #CaliforniaHistory, #CaliforniaGeography, #LosAngeles, #SanFrancisco, #CaliforniaLaws, #CaliforniaLegal, #DeathValley, #MountWhitney, #CaliforniaWeather)
January 14, 2026 at 10:38 PM
lahistory.bsky.social
Jan 13, 1847: During the US/MX War, Andrés Pico & John Fremont signed the Treaty of Cahuenga (aka as the Capitulation of Cahuenga) which ended the fighting in California. The US/MX War ended in February 1848. #Californiahistory #SanFernandoValley

Painting from Campo de Cahuenga:
January 14, 2026 at 12:17 AM
quizand.bsky.social
How much do you know about John Steinbeck? Find out with this fun little 10-question quiz in the intellectual playground at 500ways.com/john-steinbe... ( #JohnSteinbeck, #author, #USHistory, #OfMiceAndMen, #TheGrapesOfWrath, #writer, #famousWriter, #CaliforniaHistory)
January 11, 2026 at 12:12 AM
kammerotica.bsky.social
The Santa Barbara News-Press: A California newspaper, back from the dead
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#SantaBarbara #Journalism #Newspapers #CaliforniaHistory
A California newspaper, back from the dead
Your morning catch up: New news from old Santa Barbara, Warner Bros. rejects Paramount’s hostile bid and more big stories.
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January 9, 2026 at 6:35 AM
mendovoice.bsky.social
📜 Before Mendocino was what it is today, women like America Jane Moore helped shape it through grit, skill and determination.

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#mendocinocounty #mendocino #history #americanhistory #californiahistory
Sepia-toned studio portrait of a woman in a long dark Victorian-era dress, standing beside an upholstered chair with one arm resting on it, against a patterned backdrop.
January 9, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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How much do you know about California? Find out with this fun little 10-question quiz in the intellectual playground at 500ways.com/california-q... ( #California, #UnitedStates, #USA, #USHistory, #geography, #CaliforniaHistory, #CaliforniaGeography, #GoldenState, #CaliforniaWeather)
January 7, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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“Approximately two centuries ago, close to 90 languages were spoken in California, then the most linguistically diverse area of North America, according to the California Language Archive.”

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Indigenous languages #linguistics #CaliforniaHistory
January 6, 2026 at 2:33 PM
focusspeed.bsky.social
Another fun metal detecting find that I found in 2025 a token from 1940 made for the San Francisco Golden Gate International Exposition Petroleum Exhibit. Found with a Nokta Legend with a sniper coil. #metaldetecting #detectorist #californiahistory
January 5, 2026 at 3:52 AM
foohowser.bsky.social
Happy New Year, History Homies! 🥳

Thank you for making 2025 such an unforgettable year! I’m so grateful for every like, comment, share, DM, and conversation that helped keep California history alive.

Let’s make 2026 even more historic.

#FooHowser #YourHistoryHomie #CaliforniaHistory
January 1, 2026 at 2:54 AM
joshuaeddings.bsky.social
One of my favorite stops - Willow Creek - Modoc National Forest.
Ancestral home of the Modoc who lived here for millennia. North of here is Captain Jack’s Stronghold, front line of the Modoc War in the 1870s.
#ModocNationalForest #CaliforniaHistory #ModocWar #RoadTrip #PNWTravel #NaturePhotography
Willow Creek Picnic Ground sign Campground sign with Ponderosa forest in the background Rustic footbridge over Willow Creek Old picnic tables scattered out under trees
December 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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At 98, Stanley Vernon Harlan is a trove of ways of life past, presented as tales in a new book. #bigsur #stanleyharlan #localhistory #californiahistory #memoir #childhoodstories
At 98, Stanley Vernon Harlan is a trove of ways of life past, presented as tales in a new book.
Read the full article on Monterey County Now.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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California Designates Historic South Los Angeles as Its First Black Cultural District: Historic South Los Angeles has been officially designated California’s first-ever Black Cultural District, marking a… #BlackCulturalDistrict #SouthLosAngeles #CaliforniaHistory #CulturalHeritage #HistoricSouthLA
California Designates Historic South Los Angeles as Its First Black Cultural District
Historic South Los Angeles has been officially designated California’s first-ever Black Cultural District, marking a major milestone in the recognition and preservation… The post California Designates Historic South Los Angeles as Its First Black Cultural District appeared first on Shine My Crown.
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December 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
mostlyasianhistory.bsky.social
Mass Chinese conflict in 1854 and 1856 in California. Why were they fighting and how has this history become distorted?

#Chineseamericanhistory #californiahistory #weaverville1854 #ChineseCamp1856

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Mass Chinese conflict in California in the 1850s, part 2 of a series on the early “tong wars” of the California Gold Rush -who, exactly, was fighting anyway? Identifying the combatants
Originally released on Oct 13, 2024
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December 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
stolenrelations.bsky.social
(6/6) Source: What I Saw in California: Being the Journal of a Tour by the Emigrant Route and South Pass of the Rocky Mountains…in the Years 1846-1847, page 372-373. #indigenoushistory #indigenous #history #historicalresearch #california #californiahistory #servant #captive #freedom #unfreedom
Dec. 12.—To relieve our horses, which are constantly giving out from exhaustion, the grass being insufficient for their sustenance while performing labor, the entire battalion, officers and men, were ordered to march on foot, turning their horses, with the saddles and bridles upon them, into the general caballada to be driven along by the horse-guard. The day has been drizzly, cold and disagreeable. The country has a barren and naked appearance, but this, I believe, is attributable to the extreme drought that has prevailed in this region for one or two years past. We encamped near the rancho of a friendly Californian,—the man who was taken prisoner the other day and set at large. An Indian, said to be the servant of Tortoria Pico, was captured here by the advance party. A letter was found upon him, but its contents I never learned. This being the first foot-march, there were, of course, many galled and blistered feet in the battalion.
December 14, 2025 at 4:28 AM
mendovoice.bsky.social
📜 Emma “Daisy” Kelley was known as polite, brave, and determined — even rushing into a burning Mendocino hotel at age 11. Her story spans Europe, Egypt, and the founding of the Mendocino Community Library.

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#MendocinoCounty #CaliforniaHistory #LocalHistory
Kelley daughter was headstrong and determined to marry Alexander McCallum • The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA
She rescued guests from a fire at age 11, started the community library, hosted salons and watched the opening of King Tut’s tomb.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

December 11th, 1957

#CaliforniaHistory #GeneralFremont #USSForrestal #aircraftcarriers

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December 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
mendovoice.bsky.social
📚 Many locals have never heard of Mendocino County’s largest natural lake — and it took a little magic (and a forgotten trunk of letters!) for author Dot Brovarney to tell its story.

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#MendocinoCounty #CaliforniaHistory #AmericanHistory
Telling the story of Mendocino County’s largest natural lake took a bit of magic • The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA
From prehistory to the present, historian Dot Brovarney marries social and natural history in her tale of courageous women on the frontier.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
legendsofamerica.bsky.social
On this day in 1787, La Purísima Mission was founded in Lompoc, California — the 11th of 21 Franciscan missions. Once a hub of faith, farming & craftsmanship, today it stands as a living history site. 🌿
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#OnThisDay #CaliforniaHistory #LaPurisimaMission
Top: Mission La Purisima Ruins in 1904. Bottom: La Purisima Mission today, Lompoc, California, by Carol Highsmith.]
December 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
bwzain.bsky.social
Did you know the Santa Ynez mountains run east-west? 🏔️ That unique geography pulls ocean air in, making it perfect for wine.
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#SantaYnez #Geology #Wine #Travel #CaliforniaHistory
November 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
mendovoice.bsky.social
🍺 Mendocino once had five saloons for a few hundred residents — until a 1909 vote brought local prohibition a decade before the national ban. A look at the Lemos Saloon and the town’s spirited early history.

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#MendocinoCounty #Mendocino #CaliforniaHistory #History
How Mendocino’s early saloons shaped a town—and sparked local prohibition • The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA
Once a bustling bar with drink tokens and rumored upstairs activity, the Main Street landmark reinvented itself after the town’s 1909 prohibition vote.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:00 AM