California History Timeline, October 2 to October 9
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October 2 Exploration in 1816 A scientist aboard the Russian expedition ship, Rurik, gave the California poppy its latin name Eschscholzia californica. Today it is the state flower. Ranchos in 1834 Rancho Corte de Madera de Presidio was deeded. This place in Marin County, where wood was cut to build the San Francisco presidio in […]