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- 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire - Information on the earthquake of 1906 from the Museum of the City of San Francisco.
www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06.html
- California 1850 - A Snapshot in Time - A California history book by Janice Marschner.
www.CAL1850.com
- California Almanac and Reader - Collection of information pertaining to California history and culture.
www.notfrisco.com/almanac
- California as I Saw It - First-person narratives of California's early years, 1849 - 1900.
memory.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbhome.html
- California Folk Music - Library of Congress site documenting the WPA ethnomusicology project in 1938-1940 to collect English and ethnic folk music of Northern California.
memory.loc.gov/ammem/afccchtml/cowhome.html
- California Heritage Collection - An online archive of over 28,000 images illustrating California's history and culture from the collections of the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley.
sunsite.berkeley.edu/calheritage
- California History - Books on California history and the history of the Old West, plus research and events.
kkpub.com
- California History Online - The story of California from the physical aspects to the historical is told in short articles accessed through a timeline, covering the state's history from the European exploration through the Great Depression of the 1930s.
www.californiahistory.net
- California History Teacher and Student Center - Educator-developed site covering California history from Spanish settlement to statehood.
www.californiahistory.org
- California History: Fairfield-Suisun Schools Links Page - Links to information about California-related history of African-Americans, Asian-Americans, cities, counties, missions, the gold rush, and historical periods and figures.
www.fsusd.k12.ca.us/education/ss-web/cahist.htm
- California Newspaper Project - Project dedicated to locating, cataloging, and preserving newspaper publications published in California from 1846 to the present. Online catalog provides information on the location and condition of these publications.
www.cbsr.ucr.edu/cnp
- California Pioneers Project - List of past settlers in California who migrated to or were born in California prior to 1880 obtained directly from individuals doing genealogical research.
cpl.cagenweb.com
- California Railway History - Information on the history of railways in California.
www.sdrm.org/history
- California Research at The Records Room - Locate resources (online listings, books, CD-Rom, lookups and addresses) for vital records in each county within the state of California.
www.daddezio.com/records/room/RR-CA-NDX.html
- California State Archives - A division of the Office of the Secretary of State, provides a repository for the state's permanent governmental records as well as other materials documenting California history.
www.ss.ca.gov/archives/archives.htm
- California Zephyr Virtual Museum - History, artifacts, and information about the California Zephyr passenger car.
calzephyr.railfan.net
- Carrillo Family of Early California - Brief history and genealogy of the Joaquin and Maria Carrillo family of early California includes information about their lives in San Diego and Sonoma. Also includes information about their grandson Romualdo Pacheco, California's first native born and only Hispanic governor.
www.carrillo.info
- Center for Bibliographical Research and Studies - Located in the Tomas Rivera Library on the University of California, Riverside campus.
www.cbsr.ucr.edu
- Governors of California - An online resource about the history of the governors of California.
www.infospect.com/Governors.htm
- H-California - H-Net group dedicated to discussing California culture and history. Features subject overview, archive, links to related resources, and subscription information.
www2.h-net.msu.edu/~cal
- HistoricHwy49.com - Historic photographs and drawings of the California gold rush. Prints are also available for sale.
www.historichwy49.com/hisphotos.html
- History of the Anza-Borrego Region - Broad view of the natural and human history of the Anza-Borrego Desert region of Southern California.
www.oriflamme.net/ABDSP/toc.html
- Isla Vista California History Resources - This site lists all of the resources concerning the history of Isla Vista, California that are available to researchers at the Department of Special Collections at the Davidson Library, UCSB.
www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/ivweb/iv1.html
- John Charles Fremont - Information on John Fremont, explorer, mapmaker, and scientist.
www.longcamp.com
- John Muir Exhibit - Features the life and legacy of John Muir; naturalist, writer, conservationist, and founder of the Sierra Club.
www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit
- Los Angeles River Railroads - Provides information on the history of the Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and the Santa Fe Railways.
www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1916
- Napa Valley - History of California Wines - From the Napa Valley Vintners Association
www.napavintners.com/region/rwhisovr.html
- Points of Interest in the Desert - Photos of old buildings, ghost towns, gold mines, and graveyards throughout the California Mojave Desert.
digital-desert.com/ghost-towns
- Power Planting - An unofficial history of California Energy Commission power plant licensing cases from 1975 to 2001. Broken down by eras, the site describes over 70 different proceedings, with technologies such as geothermal, natural gas, solar, coal, and garbage burning.
powerplanting.homestead.com/index.html
- State of Jefferson - Historical and Current Information - Historic and current information on the State of Jefferson secession movement of 1941 that has lived on in the hearts and minds of those from the frontier mountain border region of northern California and southern Oregon.
www.jeffersonstate.com/jeffersonhome.html
- The California Bear Flag Revolt - 1846 - Information on the historic Bear Flag and the stories surrounding it.
www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/fremont.html
- TimeShip - Site focusing on the California Gold Rush, the Argonaut Mine disaster, and provides early photographs.
www.timeship.com
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