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Where is Monterey?

  • Post author:Scott Alumbaugh
  • Post published:May 22, 2012
  • Post category:California History

As we discussed last time, in 1769 Spanish explorers were charged with establishing a mission and presidio in both San Diego and Monterey. San Diego, apparently, was easy to find.…

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Offending God, the king, and the country

  • Post author:Scott Alumbaugh
  • Post published:May 20, 2012
  • Post category:California History

Continuing on in the early history of Spanish exploration in California . . . After a few excursions by sea between 1542-43 (Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo) and 1602-03 (Sebastian Vizcaino), the…

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“California”

  • Post author:Scott Alumbaugh
  • Post published:May 13, 2012
  • Post category:California History

Kevin Starr agrees with HH Bancroft that the name "California" comes from a 16th century Spanish novel. Indeed, after explaining how in 1862 Edward H. Hale (author of "The Man…

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California History

  • Post author:Scott Alumbaugh
  • Post published:May 12, 2012
  • Post category:California History

Last year I spent a lot of time researching California's El Camino Real. I was trying to discover the original route, hoping to retrace it on a bike ride with…

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Scott Alumbaugh is author of Will Kill for Food a novella set in Los Angeles’ Koreatown during the 1992 Rodney King Riots. His fiction has been published or is upcoming in StoryQuarterly, Kestrel, Hunger Mountain Review, and Meat for Tea and other journals. His works in progress include A Violent Man (historical fiction) historical fiction,  Zero Tolerance, and short stories. more . . .

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