Gold Rush (-) Effects Cool Mc-California Know, Wonder & Learn! Visit California Frequently Asked Questions Does California have a flag? California got its own state flag on February 3, 1911. The flag has a white background with a grizzly bear walking on a patch of green grass in the fla...
The area was rugged and remote and the Indigenous peoples’ lives there were generally not disrupted by settlers until the California Gold Rush of the 1850s and 1860s brought white men in droves searching for fortune. The result was the decimation of those groups, particularly the Yana and the...