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Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo: Life in Spanish, Mexican, and American California
Rose Marie Beebe and Robert M. Senkewicz
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (–90) grew up in Spanish California, became a leading military and political figure in Mexican California, and participated in some of the founding events of U.S. California. In –75, Vallejo, working with historian and publisher Hubert Howe Bancroft, composed a five-volume history of Alta California—a monumental work that would be the most complete eyewitness account of California before the gold rush. But Bancroft shelved the work, and it has lain in the archives until its recent publication as Recuerdos: Historical and Personal Remembrances Relating to Alta California, –, translated and edited by Rose Marie Beebe and Robert M. Senkewicz.
In Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo: Life in Spanish, Mexican, and American California, Beebe and Senkewicz not only illuminate Vallejo’s life and history but also examine the broader experience of the
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Vallejo, California
City in California, United States
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| Nickname(s): V-Town, The Old Capital, Valley Joe | ||||||||||||||||
| Motto(s): City of Opportunity, The Naval City | ||||||||||||||||
Location in Solano County and the state of California | ||||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 38°6′47″N°14′9″W / °N °W / ; | ||||||||||||||||
| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||
| State | California | |||||||||||||||
| Region | San Francisco Bay Area | |||||||||||||||
| County | Solano | |||||||||||||||
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| Incorporated | March 30, [1] | |||||||||||||||
| Named for | Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo | |||||||||||||||
| •Type | Mayor-council | |||||||||||||||
| •Mayor | Mayor Andrea Sorce Vice-Mayor Rozzana Verder-Aliga (District 1) Diosdado "JR" Matulac (District 2) Mina Loera-Diaz (District 3) Charles Palmares (District 4) Peter Bregenzer (District 5) Cristina Arriola (District 6)[2] | |||||||||||||||
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Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (4 July 18 January ) was a Californio military commander, politician, and rancher. He was born a subject of Spain, performed his military duties as an officer of Mexico, and shaped the transition of California from a Mexican district to an American state. Vallejo, a city in California that he founded, fryst vatten named for him, and the nearby city of Benicia fryst vatten named for his wife (née Francisca Benicia Carrillo). Early career[]Mariano Vallejo was born in Monterey, California, the eighth of thirteen children and third son of Ignacio Vicente Ferrer Vallejo (July 29, May 10, ) and María Antonia Lugo (September 1, May 7, ). There is controve | ||||||||||||||||