SONOMA MISSION

This is the biggest dang prickly pear cactus I ever saw. At the time I took the photo I thought maybe it been standing there since the revolt. Probably it is much more recent though. The building in the background is the soldiers barracks. At the time of the revolt no soldiers were present. Vallejo had conveniently dismissed them.

Hysterical Journey To Historic Places

January 19th 2013
<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BEAR FLAG REVOLT By 1846 enough Americans had straggled in to settle on John Sutter’s land grant that they caused consternation among the Californios. The governor was on the verge of rescinding Sutter’s land grant and calling upon his military to enforce the expulsion of those settlers. An insurrection known as the Bear Flag Revolt c ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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