1. California History
Mark
2009-2010
Fourth Grade

2. The Valley Region
● The Valley Region
is a place where it
gets lots of fresh
water and it has lot
of great soil and
nutrients for
growing fruits and
vegetables. It has
the state capital
which is
Sacramento.
This is the California state capital.

3. The Valley Region Part 2
● The main valley
region is located in
the center of the
state,California.
● The San Joaquin
River and the
Sacramento River
runs down the valley.
● The valley is
surrounded by the
mountains. On top of
the valley region is
the mountain region.

4. The Mountain Region
Mt.Whitney
● The mountain region
is a great place for the
earth and has lots of
useful natural
resources. It features
the famous mountain
Mt.Whitney. The two
main mountain
regions are the Sierra
Nevada and the coast
ranges.

5. The Mountain Region Part 2
A huge chunk of gold
● The Sacramento
River starts in the
Sierra Nevadas.
The mountain
region is great for
mining, that's where
the gold rush had
started. Next to the
mountain region is
the coast region.

6. The Coast Region
California's ocean
● The coast ranges is
has the most
population in all of
California. There are
lots of people
because it has a
great a amount of
natural resources
and has good
weather. It provides
a fishing industry
because it is close to
the ocean.

7. The Coast Region Part 2
● The coast ranges
features the cities
Los Angeles, Santa
Barbara, San
Francisco, and
many other great
cities. The coast
has many things to
do from zoos to
scuba diving. Over
the mountain lies
the great desert.
A California historical landmark

8. The Desert Region
California's Mojave Desert
● The desert region
has the least
population in
California. It has
the least population
because it gets
very little water.
The desert is also
good for mining.
The main desert in
the valley region is
the Mojave Desert
and the Death
Valley.

9. The Desert Region Part 2
Imperial Valley
● Different plants grow
in the desert then in
the other regions.
Plants that need less
water grow n the
desert. Part of the
desert is the Imperial
Valley, it has soil and
water from the All-
American River.

10. Christopher Columbus
● Christopher
Columbus wanted
to find the Indies
like Marco Polo in
the 1400's. But
instead found the
Hades islands. He
found indians living
there so he kicked
them out and he
was known to find
the Hades.
Christopher Columbus

11. Sebastian Vizcaino
Sebastian Vizcaino
● Sebastian Vizcaino was
a Spanish explorer that
explored present-day
San Diego and landed
in San Diego Bay in
1602. He was especially
known for his maps and
lied that he landed in
unexplored place tthat
he didn't.
● Sebastian Vizcaino was
a Spanish explorer that
explored present-day
San Diego and landed
in San Diego Bay in
1602. He was especially
known for his maps and
lied that he landed in
unexplored place tthat
he didn't.

12. Sir Francis Drake● Sir Francis Drake
was sent by the
queen to attack other
countries and bring
gold and riches back
in 1579. Francis
sailed north and
found a small bay
known today as San
Francisco Bay. He
searched around
San Francisco and
called it Nova Albion.
It was an older island
in England.
Sir Francis Drake

13. Juan Cabrillo ● Juan Cabrillo set off
to sail over to now
known Mexico and
try to find a route to
Asia in 1542. He
eventually ended
up in present-day
San Diego, Cape
San Martin, and
San Miguel.
Cabrillo named the
area Alta California
which meant Upper
California.
Juan Cabrillo
He also has his own national
museum!

14. Junipero Father Serra
● Father Serra was a
Catholic priest. He
tought other people
about his religion.
Then, he decided he
wanted to start a
missionary. He first
started a missionary in
Mexico, but then moved
over to California
making more missions.
He then taught the
indians the religion.

15. Gaspar De Portola
Stone of Gaspar
● Portola was a Spain
soldier sent to
California to run his
own colony in 1767.
When he got there,
he was on expedition
to explore Monterey.
He led a mission and
had a idea for the
Native American girls
to get locked up in
dorms while the other
families sleep in
houses.

16. Missions
San Diego Mission
● The purpose of a
mission is to teach
the Indians the
Roman Catholic
religion. Indians also
farm there as work.
The first mission
built was the San
Diego Mission in
July 16,1769.

17. Presidios
Picture of Fort Ross
● The purpose of a
presidio is to protect the
missions. The main
purpose was to keep the
Russians out, and keep
the Indians in. One of
the famous presidios is
Fort Ross.

18. John Sutter
Picture of John Sutter ● John Sutter was a
man from
Switzerland. In
1841, he built a fort
named Sutter's Fort.
It was in
Sacromento where
the gold rush was.
Sutter sold supplies
to sttlers passing
through the area.

19. Ivan Kuskov
Picture of Ivan Kuskov ● In 1812, Ivan Kuskov
led a group of
Russians and
Alaskan fur trappers
to a place close to
San Francisco. They
came to hunt sea
otter. So they built
Fort Ross as a
trading post.

20. John Bidwell
● In 1841, John Bidwell
was the first person
to lead a wagon train
of settlers all the way
from Independence,
Missouri.
Picture of John Bidwell

21. Jedediah Smith
Picture of Jedediah
● Jedediah Smith led a
big group of fur
trappers and led them
through Utah and the
Mojave Desert to go to
California.

22. John Fremont
Picture of John Fremont
● John Fremont
traveled over the U.S
making maps in the
1840's. Fremont also
wrote reports that
made Americans
from the east
interested to move to
the west.

23. James Beckwourth
That is James Beckwourth
● James Beckworth
was a African
American whose
mother was a
slave. He led
settlers west
during the 1850's.

24. 49ers and the Gold Rush
49ers trying to find gold ● When the president
announced there
was gold in
California, people
came from all
around the world in
search for gold.
They were called
49ers because they
came during 1849.

25. Sam Brannan
Picture of Sam Brannan
● Sam was a
entrepreneur. When
he heard that there
was gold in California,
he bought all the
mining tools in the
shops. So when
people wanted mining
supplies, they had to
buy it from Brannan.
Also, Brannan made
the prices of the tools
more so he was the
first millionaire.

26. Levi Strauss
Picture of Levi Srauss
● Levi Strauss made
tough pants for the
49ers. All the 49ers
wore it and bought it
from Strauss. Strauss
also made rivets in
the pants and
invented the first
pockets. Levi Strauss
pants are still in
stores today

27. The Mexican-American War
Picture of Mexican-American War
● The Mexican-
American War was a
war fought over the
border between the
two countries in 1846.
US won and in 1848,
Mexico signed the
treaty of Guadalupe
HiIdalgo.