In this first episode in a three-part series, we will look politics in California by setting first some context before digging into the Know Nothing Party's heyday at the state level in California.
In this episode, we meet an important early citizen of California, Abel Stearns. We learn about his beginnings, his rise to power, and his...
Tamara Venit Shelton is associate professor of history at Claremont McKenna College and author of Herbs and Roots: A History of Chinese Doctors in...
In this final episode on Junipero Serra, we look at his death and legacy.