Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
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Don Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was a Californio general, statesman, and public figure. He was born a subject of Spain, performed his military duties as an officer of the Republic of Mexico, and shaped
Engraving of Vallejo from 1855
General Vallejo with his daughters and granddaughters in 1867
General Vallejo reviewing troops in Sonoma, 1846
General Vallejo's mausoleum, at the cemetery he established in Sonoma
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
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
…under parole they insisted they be held as hostages. Although Vallejo was sympathetic to the advent of American rule, he deemed the perpetrators of the Bear Flag Revolt to be mere lowlife rabble. As he wrote in his five-volume history, if the men who hoisted the 'Bear Flag' had raised the flag that Washington sanctified…
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