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California (State)

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Inhabited by many ethnic nationalities including Mojave, Yuma and Chumash when Spanish arrived in 16th cen.; Franciscans established missions all along coast; went to Mexico in 1820s; went to US in 1848; great influx of settlers from E arrived in gold rush.

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