California History for Kids: Missions, Miners, and Moviemakers in the Golden State- Includes 21 Activities Donner Party Dozens of side trips and

Dozens of side trips and historical highlights

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California History for Kids: Missions, Miners, and Moviemakers in the Golden State- Includes 21 Activities Donner Party Dozens of side trips andThe story of California is the story of dreamersexplorers, gold miners, immigrants, ranchers, moviemakers, farmers, and everyday Americans who headed west for a fresh start. The first native inhabitants arrived 9,000 years ago, ancestors of the tribes who would greet the Spanish in the 1700s. Father Junpero Serra later established a chain of missions along the coast, expanding European and Mexican influence. But when gold was discovered in 1848, the