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The first Mexican-American author in English, María Amparo Ruiz de Burton set the novel "The Squatter & the Don" in this state |
California
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$800 |
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19th CENTURY WOMEN WRITERS |
2025-12-19 |
#9460 |
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Leland Stanford railroaded his policies through as governor of this state in 1862 & '63 |
California
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HISTORICAL AMERICAN GOVERNORS |
2023-12-22 |
#9000 |
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The Compromise of 1850 admitted this Western state to the Union, with slavery banned there |
California
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$1,200 |
DJ |
YOUR U.S. HISTORY TEST |
2022-11-14 |
#8741 |
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In 1750 what's now this state had 300,000 Native Americans speaking 80 languages, with the Chumash the largest tribe |
California
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$1,600 |
DJ |
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY |
2021-03-31 |
#8368 |
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Newton Booth, Leland Stanford |
California
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$1,200 |
DJ |
19th CENTURY SENATORS BY STATE |
2010-01-25 |
#5841 |
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The first Dairy Queen opened in Illinois, & the first McDonald's opened in this state |
California
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$400 |
DJ |
20th CENTURY AMERICANA |
2005-07-22 |
#4825 |
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Drake's Bay in what's now this West Coast state is believed to be the inlet that Sir Francis Drake sailed into in 1579 |
California
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$800 |
DJ |
16th CENTURY AMERICA |
2004-03-12 |
#4500 |
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A great gold rush in 1848 sent thousands of people rushing to this state |
California
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$300 |
J |
YOU'RE HISTORY! |
2000-10-06 |
#3700 |
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On Feb. 1, 1977 Marin County in this state began rationing water |
California
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$200 |
J |
THE 1970s |
1994-06-01 |
#2258 |
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An estimated half of the 1.4 million illegal aliens who applied for amnesty in 1988 lived in this state |
California
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$200 |
J |
NEWS OF THE '80s |
1990-02-09 |
#1260 |