Biographies “Finally the Stronghold of the Mexicans Was Charged and Taken”: An Engraving of the “Battle of San Gabriel, California,” 8 January 1847 by homesteadmuseum Posted on January 12, 2025 Read More
Politics & Government “Responsible for All the Evils and Misfortunes That May be Occasioned in a War So Unjust”: Documents from “New Mexico and California: Message of the President of the United States,” 24 July 1848, Part Two by homesteadmuseum Posted on July 29, 2023July 30, 2023 Read More
Places & Communities “Far Removed From that High and Palmy State of Wealth, Cultivation and Power”: A Call for the Purchase of California from México by the United States in “Littell’s Living Age,” 31 January 1846, Part One by homesteadmuseum Posted on January 31, 2022February 1, 2022 Read More
