Before we begin our next major thematic section of the podcast on railroads, we will be looking at the life of Leland Stanford who serves a bridge between the Gold Rush era, the Civil War Era in California government, and the Transcontinental Railroad.
Paul Haddad is the author of several books about his native Los Angeles, including the critically lauded, L.A. Times Bestseller "Inventing Paradise: The Power...
In this episode, we review the basic series of events and context of California's relationship to and involvement with the US Civil War in...
The grizzly on California's flag has been gone for a century — hunted to extinction in the very state that made it a symbol....