California History articles from December 2006

California History archives from December 2006

Rare opportunity.(The Public Outcry, first Spanish newspaper in California)(Editorial)
December 22, 2006... Already a multilingual and experienced newspaper typesetter, writer, and translator, Francisco P. Ramirez founded, edited, and published the first Spanish-language newspaper in southern California on June 19, 1855. Although he was just...

California's second capital.(decree documents)
December 22, 2006... In the 1830s, Mexican California was embroiled in power struggles between north and south. Nortenos and surenos vied for land, cattle, and spoils from secularization of the missions. This decree documents competition for the provincial capital....

El Clamor Publico.(Spanish newspaper)(Brief article)
December 22, 2006... "About the second week of June 1855 appeared the first Spanish newspaper in Los Angeles under the American regime," remembered local Jewish merchant Harris Newmark (1834-1916). "It was called El Clamor Publico, and made its appeal, socially, to...

Introduction.
December 22, 2006... "El Clamor Publico was a public defender speaking out against unfair administration, the manipulation of juries, corrupt practices, and the prejudiced application of the law. It also sought to inform and instruct the Mexican people on civics as...

Francisco P. Ramirez: a short biography.(Biography)
December 22, 2006... The owner and editor of to El Clamor Publico (the Public Outcry), Francisco P. Ramirez, was a brilliant and precocious seventeen-year old who published his Los Angeles journal as a champion of the Mexican people between 1855 and 1859. At a...

Linchocracia: performing "America" in El Clamor Publico.
December 22, 2006... The title of this essay draws from an 1857 editorial reprinted in El Clamor Publico that suggests that California was rapidly becoming a lynchocracy. Edited by Francisco Ramirez, and written almost exclusively in Spanish, El Clamor Publico...

"Californios! Whom do you support?" El Clamor Publico's contradictory role in the racial formation process in early California.
December 22, 2006... Most of the academic literature on El Clamor Publico has pointed out the role of the newspaper as a defender of the rights of Mexicans in a particularly violent era during California history. This essay explores some of the complexities of the...

Earthquake Exodus, 1906: Berkeley Responds to the San Francisco Refugees.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... EARTHQUAKE EXODUS, 1906: BERKELEY RESPONDS TO THE SAN FRANCISCO REFUGEES By Richard Schwartz (Berkeley: RSB Books, 2006, 148 pp., $24.95 paper) One of the most important consequences of the 1906 earthquake was the way it redistributed...

Rock Art Savvy: The Responsible Visitors Guide to Public Sites of the Southwest.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... ROCK ART SAVVY THE RESPONSIBLE VISITORS GUIDE TO PUBLIC SITES OF THE SOUTHWEST By Ronald D. Sanders (Missoula, MT: Mountain Press, 2005, 240 pp., $16) This is a compact guide and introduction to rock art sites written by the late...

Artists at Continent's End: The Monterey Peninsula Art Colony, 1875-1907.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... ARTISTS AT CONTINENT'S END: THE MONTEREY PENINSULA ART COLONY, 1875-1907 By Scott A. Shields (Berkeley: University of California Press and Sacramento: Crocker Art Museum, 2006, 357 pp., $65) This book is not what it seems to be! Its...

Activism in Pursuit of the Public Interest: The Jurisprudence of Chief Justice Roger J. Traynor.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... ACTIVISM IN PURSUIT OF THE PUBLIC INTEREST: THE JURISPRUDENCE OF CHIEF JUSTICE ROGER J. TRAYNOR By Ben Field (Berkeley: Berkeley Public Policy Press for the California Supreme Court Historical Society, Institute of Governmental Studies,...

The Irish in the Bay Area: Essays on Good Fortune.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... THE IRISH IN THE BAY AREA: Essays ON GOOD FORTUNE Edited by Donald Jordan and Timothy J. O'Keefe (San Francisco: Irish Literary and Historical Society, 2005, 310 pp., $32.96, cloth) Too many books on Irish immigrants in America are...

Individuals.(DONORS)
December 22, 2006... The California Historical Society is deeply grateful to the following individual donors for their contributions received between June 1, 2005 and December 1, 2006. $10,000 AND ABOVE Mr. Darius Anderson, San Francisco Mr. Ted...

Corporate foundation & government support.(DONORS)(Brief article)
December 22, 2006... The California Historical Society is deeply grateful to the following organizations for their contributions received between June 1, 2005 and December 1, 2006. $10,000 AND ABOVE Barkley Fund, Corona Del Mar Boston Private...

Hollywoodland.(historic signage)(Brief article)
December 22, 2006... Unveiled in 1923, the iconic Hollywood sign was intended by real estate developers as a temporary billboard for houses in a "superb environment without excessive cost on the Hollywood side of the hills." Restored several times over the years,...