Telling Stories of Mexican California: Real Life and Myth Making
Santa Monica History Musem 1350 7th Street, Santa Monica, CA, United StatesIn the second half of the nineteenth century, after the United States had wrested control of California from Mexico, there was a desire to tell the state’s story. Tremendous change had come rapidly—in the span of eight decades, California had been the territory of Native Americans, Spain, Mexico, and ultimately the United States. People from […]