When did California become a state?
A. California became the 31st state on the day of September 9, 1850. Q: How did California get its name? A. The name California probably comes from the name of a treasure island described in a Spanish tale of the early 1500’s. (The World Book Encyclopedia, 1963, Volumne 3, page 32). The following is from the book listed below. Most accounts give credit to Gracia Montalvo’s myth titled “Las Sergas de Esplandian” written in about 1510 to be the inspiration for the Spanish explorers giving California it’s name. THE ISLAND Know ye that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very near the Terrestial Paradise and inhabited by black women without a single man among them and living in the manner of Amazons. They are robust of body, strong and passionate in heart, and of great valor. Their island is one of the most rugged in the world with bold rocks and crags. Their arms are all of gold, as is the harness of the wild beasts which, after taming, they ride. In all
Google shows— Results 1 – 10 of about 26,900 for California statehood date California / Sept. 9, 1850 / 31 st state Ceded by Mexico by the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, concluded Feb. 2, 1848, and proclaimed July 4, 1848. From then until statehood, California had a military government until Dec. 20, 1849, and then a local civil government. It never had a territorial form of government.
