Alta California ('Upper California'), also known as Nueva California ('New California') among other names, was a province of New Spain formally established in 1804. Along with the Baja California peninsula, … See more

• 1804 – 25 July 1814 José Joaquín de Arrillaga
• 25 July 1814 – 15 August 1815 José Darío Argüello See more

• History of California through 1899
• Territorial evolution of California
• Landing of the first Filipinos
• Bibliography of California history See more

• Worldstatesmen.org: Provinces of New Spain
• Alta California grants in UC Library System Calisphere
• Mexican Land Grants of Santa Clara County at the University of California, Berkeley, Earth … See more

Plans for colonization (1697–1769)
Father Eusebio Kino missionized the Pimería Alta from 1687 until his death in 1711. In 1697, a Jesuit expansion into California was … See more

• In the second half of the 19th century, there was a San Francisco-based newspaper called The Daily Alta California (or The Alta … See more

• Album of Views of the Missions of California, Souvenir Publishing Company, San Francisco, Los Angeles, 1890s.
• Beebe, … See more