Rabu, 28 Maret 2018

The Newly Formed California Rangers Had a Mission: Get Murrieta

They did deliver a head, but was it the right one? When gold was first discovered in California, more foreigners than Americans worked the claims. Most were from the Mexican state of Sonora, including Joaquín Murrieta. Needing funds and fearing that too much gold was being taken to other countries, the first California Legislature passed …

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