Attorney-General Black and the California Land Claims

No one questions the fact that the Pacific Coast plays an important part in contemporary national politics. Since 1916 when California proved to be the pivotal state in the election of Wilson, eastern politicians have felt that the far west was a region that must be reckoned with in the course of their deliberations. The importance of California in the life of the nation is not, however, something new or recent. It first came into the limelight during the Mexican War, became a possession of the United States in 1848, suddenly sprang into prominence because of the gold rush of '49, and was linked with the slavery question in the famous compromise of i85o at which time it came into the Union as a free state

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• Land tenure and rancho expansion in Alta California, 1784–1846

  Open Access•David Hornbeck•Journal of Historical Geography•1978

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• The Suscol Principle, Preemption, and California Latifundia

  Paul W Gates•Pacific Historical Review•1970

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• A History of California

  Irving Berdine Richman, Robert Glass Cleland•The Mississippi Valley Historical…•1923

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