Hubert Howe Bancroft was an American historian and ethnologist who wrote, published, and collected works concerning the western United States, Texas, California, Alaska, Mexico, Central America, and British Columbia.
Luis Antonio Argüello was the first Californio (native-born) governor of Alta California, and the first to take office under Mexican rule. He was the only governor to serve under the First Mexican Empire and also served as acting governor under the subsequent provisional government, which preceded the First Mexican Republic.
The Carmel River is a 41 mi (66 km) river on the Central Coast of California in Monterey County that originates in the Ventana Wilderness of the Santa Lucia Mountains. The river flows northwest through Carmel Valley with its mouth at the Pacific Ocean south of Carmel-by-the-Sea, at Carmel Bay. The Carmel River is considered the northern boundary of Big Sur, the other boundaries being San Carpóforo Creek and the Pacific coastline.
Stone House is a ghost town in Humboldt County, Nevada, United States.
Marquam is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It is located on Oregon Route 213, between the cities of Molalla and Silverton. Marquam was named for pioneer settler Alfred Marquam, who came to Oregon in 1845 from the east. He secured a donation land claim of 640 acres (2.6 km2), and built the first house and the first store in the town. In 1889 the Marquam post office was established and named for Alfred Marquam, who was also the first postmaster. His younger brother was Philip Augustus Marquam, a noted early judge in Oregon.
The Californias, are a region of North America spanning the United States and Mexico, consisting of the U.S. state of California and the Mexican states of Baja California and Baja California Sur. Historically, the term Californias was used to define the vast northwestern region of Spanish America, as the Province of the Californias, and later as a collective term for Alta California and the Baja California Peninsula.
Salmon Falls is a former settlement in El Dorado County, California. It was located on the South Fork of the American River 5.5 miles (9 km) south-southwest of Pilot Hill, at an elevation of 469 feet. It was flooded by Folsom Lake. Nearby were waterfalls from which the place got its name. The site is now registered as California Historical Landmark #571.
Hopitsewah, or Sacred Town is a former Pomo settlement in Lake County, California. It was the larges located on the west side of Upper Lake; its precise location is unknown.
Pomo is an archaic place name in Mendocino County, California. It was located 1.25 miles (2 km) southeast of Potter Valley, at an elevation of 942 feet.
Harasgna is a former Tongva-Gabrieleño Native American settlement in Los Angeles County, California.
Okowvinjha is a former Tongva (Fernandeño) Native American settlement in Los Angeles County, California. It was located near the Mission San Fernando Rey de España in the San Fernando Valley.
Sonagna or Sonanga is a former Tongva-Gabrieleño Native American settlement at or near what is now San Marino High School in Los Angeles County, California.
West Weber is a township and unincorporated community in western Weber County, Utah, United States.
Sawyers Bar is an unincorporated community located on the North Fork Salmon River in unincorporated Siskiyou County, California, not to be confused with a Sawyers or Lawyers Bar in Del Norte County.
Rhodes, Nevada is a former rail station and Post Office on the Carson and Colorado Railway in Mineral County, Nevada.
Thomes Creek is a major watercourse on the west side of the Sacramento Valley in Northern California. The creek originates in the Coast Ranges and flows east for about 62 miles (100 km) to join the Sacramento River, at a point about 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Corning in Tehama County.
Monterey is an unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States.
Tule is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, Nevada, United States.
Willow Point is an extinct town in Humboldt County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. Willow Point is located in Paradise Valley, south of the town of Paradise Valley and about 20 miles northeast of Winnemucca.
Las Garzas Creek is a 9.0-mile-long (14.5 km) northeastward-flowing stream, the lowermost major tributary of the Carmel River. It originates about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) southeast of Palo Corona summit on a saddle between Patriarch Ridge and an unnamed peak to its south. This saddle is part of the east-west watershed divide of the northern Santa Lucia Range. The creek flows almost entirely through the Santa Lucia Preserve to its confluence with the Carmel River in Carmel Valley, Monterey County, California.
