California History Timeline, May 25 to June 1

May 25 War in 1898  The Philippine Expeditionary Force, Eighth Army Corps, sailed from San Francisco. It reached Cavite, Philippine Islands on June 1. Government in 1907 President Theodore Roosevelt established the Inyo National Forest near Bishop. It is home to Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the continental U.S. and Methuselah, the world’s oldest […]