An Historical And Geographical Miscellany of the United States
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According to the Vallejos, Alvora- do and others all agreeci that it came from Kali forno, the information coming from Baja California natives; but there were two factions, one interpreting the words, "high hill" or "mountain" and the other "native land." E. D. Guilbert i-esident of Copala Sinaloa told me "[Bancroft] in 1878 that an old Indian of his locality called the peninsula Tchalifalni-al, "the sandy land beyond the water." — Tovvnsemrs " ?\ JS. Index'''' p. 54. The capital is Satramexto.... Siicratnento is the Spanish for sacrament and the name is alleged to be from a Sjtanish Catholic missionary station of this name established here. California is popularly known as the "Golden State," through its being the most important gold producing region in the world. The people of California are called "Gold HiTNrERs,"a soubriquet of the "forty-nine-ers," whose desire was the finding of gold. The State motto is Eureka, "I have found it." Nevada was organized as a Territory ]March 2, 1801, and comprised that portion of Utah west of meridian 11.")^.
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