José Castro
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José Antonio Castro was a Californio politician, statesman, and general who served as interim Governor of Alta California and later Governor of Baja California. During the Bear Flag Revolt and the Ame
Jose Castro
José Castro House in San Juan Bautista was built 1839–41. The town of San Juan Bautista was briefly known as San Juan de Castro in the 1830s, owing to his family's prominence there.
California Republic
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The California Republic, commonly known as the Bear Flag Republic, was a short-lived unrecognized breakaway state from Mexico, that existed from June 14 to July 9, 1846. It militarily controlled an ar
José Castro
…was a Californio politician, statesman, and general who served as interim Governor of Alta California and later Governor of Baja California. During the Bear Flag Revolt and the American Conquest of California, Castro led Mexican forces as the Commandante General of Northern California. José Antonio María de Jesús Castro…
1860 romanticized depiction of the Bear Flag Revolt
Pío Pico, the last Mexican Governor of Alta California
President James K. Polk favored annexation of California
U.S. Army captain John C. Frémont encouraged the revolt