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	Clinton Goveas :: Wikipedia Reference
		Mariano Vallejo was born at Monterey, California, the eighth of thirteen children and third son of Ignacio Vallejo, a sergeant at the Presidio of Monterey and former Alcalde of San José, and his wife Francisca Benicia Carillo de Vallejo.
		Vallejo became the Commander of the Presidio of San Francisco in 1833, oversaw the secularization of Mission San Francisco Solano, founded the town of Sonoma, and was granted Rancho Petaluma by Governor José Figueroa in 1834.
		Vallejo came to Monterey as a hero, and on November 29, the diputación promoted Vallejo from alférez to colonel and named him Commandante General of the "Free State of Alta California", while Alvarado was named Governor.
	www.clintongoveas.com /wikipedia/?title=Mariano_Guadalupe_Vallejo (1618 words)

	General Mariano G. Vallejo
		Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, born in Monterey July 7, 1808; died in Sonoma January 18, 1890; married in San Diego March 6, 1832, Francisca Benicia Carrillo, one of the most beautiful of the handsome daughters of Don Joaquin Carrillo and Maria Ignacía Lopez his wife.
		In 1835 Vallejo was instructed to lay out a pueblo at the Solano mission, was made director of colonization at the north and was authorized to issue grants of land to settlers; the scheme being to prevent, by Spanish colonization, further extension of the Russian establishment of Ross.
		On December 22, 1846, Vallejo deeded to Robert Semple an undivided half of a tract of five square miles of the Soscol rancho, on the straits of Carquines, for a new city to be built which was to be the great seaport and commercial city of the bay of San Francisco.
	www.sfmuseum.org /bio/vallejo.html (2136 words)

	Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
		Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was born in Monterey, California on July 4, 1807.
		Vallejo got on well with the Russians and managed to learn a great deal about their operations, but his attempt to place settlers at either Petaluma or Santa Rosa was bloc~ed by Father Gutierrez of Mission San Francisco Solano at Sonoma.
		Although Vallejo attempted to restructure his affairs to fit the new era, this political and economic setback was only the first of many that haunted his life after the decisive year of 1846.
	www.napanet.net /~sshpa/vall.htm (1064 words)

	The Vallejo Family:: A Military History of Early California
		General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo held the highest military post as Commanding General in Alta California where be served as watchdog of the northern California province, charged with keeping an eye upon the activities of the Russians at Fort Ross.
		Mariano Vallejo's superior education and eagerness to advance won for him at the age of 209 a promotion to "Alferez" in the Mexican army.
		Mariano Vallejo remained in the political sphere for the remainder of his life; he was a candidate for presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1876.
	www.militarymuseum.org /Vallejo.html (2913 words)

	Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		'''Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo''' (7 July 1808 - 12 January 1890) was born at Monterey, California, entered the Monterey Presidial Academy in 1823.
		Appointed Secretary to the Governor of California in 1825, he later served as Commander of the Presidio of San Francisco, and in 1836 was appointed Commandante General and Director of Colonization of the Northern Frontier, the highest military command in northern California.
		General Vallejo, in spite of substantial losses suffered as a result of that revolution, and his imprisonment during the Revolt by the leaders of the California Republic, chose to remain in his home State and support separation from Mexico and annexation by the United States.
	mariano-guadalupe-vallejo.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (324 words)

	PBS - THE WEST - Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
		Vallejo was born in 1808 to an upper class California Mexican (californio) family in Monterey, then the capital of the province of Alta California.
		Vallejo was appointed Indian agent for Northern California, a position which effectively continued his earlier work for the Mexican government.
		By the time of his death in 1890, Vallejo led a modest lifestyle on the last vestige of his once vast landholdings, a simple two hundred acre ranch he called Lachryma Montis.
	www.pbs.org /weta/thewest/people/s_z/vallejo.htm (636 words)

	Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1808-1890)
		Like Seguin, Mariano Vallejo was born into a prominent family, in his case in Monterey, California.
		Vallejo early decided to pursue a career in both politics and the military and by age twenty-one had been elected to the territorial legislature and had distinguished himself in various campaigns against the Indians.
		Vallejo was inexplicably taken prisoner by the troops of John C. Frémont and held for two months, an experience that should have raised doubt in Vallejo's mind about his pro-American sympathies.
	college.hmco.com /english/heath/syllabuild/iguide/vallejo.html (555 words)

	Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The eighth of thirteen children, Mariano was born to Maria Antonio Lugo and Ignacio Vallejo in Monterey, the provincial capitol of Alta (Upper) California.
		Vallejo was a delegate to the state constitutional convention and elected state senator.
		Vallejo donated a five square mile tract of land for development of a port at Benicia and donated 156 acres for a state capitol at Vallejo (originally proposed to be named "Eureka").
	libweb.sonoma.edu /regional/notables/vallejo.html (838 words)

	Vallejo History
		Vallejo was familiar with the area; finding his favorite horse had survived drowning in the Carquinez Straits by swimming to an island, he named the spot "Isla de la Yegua (Mare Island) in her honor.
		With the onslaught of Americans participating in the California Gold Rush, General Vallejo saw that the territory was destined to pass from the hands of the Mexican government to become part of the United States.
		The California Pacific was organized for the purpose of building a railroad from Vallejo to Sacramento, allowing passengers to travel via steamboat from San Francisco to Vallejo, then by rail to the state capitol and connection with the transcontinental line.
	www.vallejomuseum.org /vallejo_history.htm (1106 words)

	Greenbelt Alliance \| About Us
		Vallejo is an attractive and vibrant waterfront community with a rich history and a promising future.
		Vallejo is the largest city in Solano County, which has the lowest median home price of all nine Bay Area counties.
		Georgia Street, the main street of downtown Vallejo, was recently extended to where you are standing, restoring it to its historic length.
	www.greenbelt.org /getinvolved/outings/urbanoutings/vallejo (3363 words)

	Fourth grade California history review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was born in 1808, two years before Mexico gained its independence from Spain.
		One of the ancestors of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, was responsible for returning Christopher Columbus to Spain when he was recalled by the King and Queen.
		General Vallejo was responsible for a large area of unsettled land, and he took applications for grants of that land.
	www.jspub.com /4grdch04.html (413 words)

	California Wine and Food Magazine - Wine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Vallejo was the greatest of the native Californios, and his life was a line from Spanish California through the Mexican years to statehood.
		Vallejo was also an early patron of Napa Valley wine pioneer Charles Krug, who earned his land grant north of St. Helena by putting a roof on the General’s house.
		Vallejo set his mind and horticultural skill to improving the vineyards, and thus the character of the wines.
	www.californiawineandfood.com /events/vallejo-of-sonoma.htm (1133 words)

	General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
		Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was born on July 4, 1807, shortly after the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
		Vallejo's father had come to California as a soldier with the Serra party and had lived for some time in Monterey.
		Vallejo entered the military where he was well-liked and considered able, honest and dependable.
	www.angelfire.com /ca/bearflag/vallejo.html (490 words)

	Coldwell Banker - Solano Pacific
		Vallejo offers all the comforts and attractions of a large city, set in a semi-rural setting.
		Vallejo is indeed, a mixture of the old and new.
		Vallejo's own rich history can also be viewed by a tour of the city's Heritage & Historic Districts, featuring homes dating back to the 1800's.
	www.solanopacific.com /vallejo.html (545 words)

	General Vallejo
		Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was born into a noteworthy Californio family on July 4th, 1807.
		In 1835, Vallejo was ordered to establish a Pueblo at the old Mission and was given power over all land grants and colonization issues in the northern region.
		Vallejo’s military strength and savvy diplomacy generally maintained the peace with the Native Americans and the Russians.
	www.calwineries.com /learn/people-and-institutions/general-vallejo (825 words)

	General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
		Vallejo refused to participate on either side and on November 28, 1844 he surprised everyone by disbanding his troops at Sonoma.
		Alvarado, Castro and Vallejo consulted and decided to permit the new immigrants to remain in Northern California under Vallejo's jurisdiction.
		On June 21, 1846, Vallejo's wife's brother, Ramon Carrillio, was thought to have been responsible for the death of two Americans associated with the Bear Flag group.
	www.inn-california.com /sanfrancisco/Sonoma/sonoma/vallejo2.html (712 words)

	Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park in Sonoma County, California
		Vallejo himself lived on the rancho for only brief periods at certain times of the year.
		The grant was intended to reward and further encourage Vallejo's leadership in settling the area north of San Francisco Bay.
		In the spring of 1880, when Vallejo was 72 years old and living in comfortable but much reduced circumstances, he decided to travel over the hills from Sonoma and take a look at the Petaluma Adobe.
	www.parks.sonoma.net /adobe.html (1576 words)

	The Early Years (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Vallejo was a leader among the Californios, one who as an official for many years had accumulated a quantity of records which were, in effect, the official archive of the Mexican government in California.
		Vallejo held himself aloof from the American immigrants pouring in and was engaged in writing his own history of California when Bancroft employee Henry Cerruti gained his confidence.
		At first Vallejo permitted Cerruti to examine a few documents, then lent him a few to copy, then allowed his entire collection to be taken for copying, and finally presented them as an outright gift to Bancroft.
	bancroft.berkeley.edu /Exhibits/bancroft/early/045cap.html (159 words)

	SSBN 658 History
		The “Valley-Joe” was launched on October 23, 1965 in Mare Island, Vallejo, California and was christened by Patricia O. McGettegan, great-great-granddaughter of General Vallejo.
		The Vallejo, the Bolivar, and the Jackson were the last three of the original Boomers to make Deterrent Patrols.
		The Vallejo was decommissioned on May 27, 1994 in Charleston.
	vallejo.larryshomeport.com /html/history.html (206 words)

	About
		The story goes that one day some of General Vallejo’s animal stock was being moved across San Pablo Bay on a rickety old raft when a wind squall capsized it in the bay.
		General Vallejo removed his horse and gave the island a new name, Isla de la Yegua, or Island of the Mare.
		The City’s namesake, the USS Mariano G. Vallejo was built at Mare Island and launched on October 23, 1965.
	www.visitvallejo.com /marehist.htm (1183 words)

	Vallejo, California
		Vallejo is a city of of nearly 120,000 people located in the Bay Area, near Mare Island, and on the Napa River.
		Vallejo is located on the southern tip of the Napa Valley, forty minutes north of San Francisco, thirty minutes north of Oakland, and twenty to thirty minutes south of Napa and Sonoma in California wine country.
		Vallejo residents can easily take advantage of all of the arts and entertainment options of nearby Oakland, San Francisco, and wine country to the north.
	www.citytowninfo.com /places/california/vallejo (575 words)

	The Rancho Elite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Typical of the new elite was Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, grantee of several ranchos in present-day Solano and Sonoma counties.
		Born in Monterey, Vallejo became the most prominent land-owner in northern California.
		From his casa grande in the new pueblo of Sonoma, Vallejo ruled over a feudal barony of vast lands, herds of cattle, and a large retinue of Indian laborers.
	www.californiahistory.net /5_PAGES/life_elite.htm (168 words)

	Historic California Posts: Sonoma Barracks (Including El Presidio de Sonoma)
		Barracks were erected at the so-called Presidio of Sonoma by General Mariano Guadalupe, commander of the northern Mexico frontier forces and founder of the town of Sonoma.
		Mexican Captain Salvador Vallejo's quarters are seen at the left, General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo's headquarters, left of center, barracks, center, and the Old Mission, right.
		Don Salvador Vallejo, brother of General Vallejo, occupied house at for left; general's "Casa Grande," center, was complete with a several-story wing from which he could oversee range lands and farms through a telescope.
	www.militarymuseum.org /SonomaBks.html (1514 words)

	Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe Biography \| werl_02_package.xml
		But Vallejo had grown impatient with the mismanagement of Mexican rule, and he longed to bring his beloved country under the more democratic and enlightened rule of the United States.
		Mariano Vallejo was born on July 4, 1808, in the coastal town of Monterey, the capital of the territory of California, at that time a distant outpost of the Spanish colony of New Spain (Mexico).
		Mariano was one of three local boys who attracted the attention of the territorial governor, Pablo Vicente de Sola.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/vallejo-mariano-guadalupe-werl-02 (424 words)

	Vallejo California Free Travel Guide and Information
		In 1835, a Mexican military officer, General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, was sent to the northern California frontier where he established several land grants.
		Vallejo, California was the first permanent home of California's state government, founded in 1844 by General Vallejo.
		Vallejo grew into a major shipping and naval center and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, the West Coast's first shipyard, was established in 1854.
	www.destinationcoupons.com /California/Vallejo/Reference/Sights.asp (1017 words)

	Vallejo California Resource Guide, City or community of Vallejo, California Facts, Information, Relocation, Real ...
		The population of Vallejo is approximately 116,760 (2000).
		The distance from Vallejo to Washington DC is 2567 miles.
		Vallejo is positioned 38.10 degrees north of the equator and 122.26 degrees west of the prime meridian.
	www.usacitiesonline.com /cacountyvallejo.htm (516 words)

	"More Like A Pig Than a Bear": Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo Is Taken Prisoner During the Bear Flag Revolt, 1846
		Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was born into a prominent family and pursued a career in the military and politics.
		Vallejo, however, was taken prisoner by Fremont’s forces and held for two months.
		This mistake was the cause of all the trouble, for when the Californians saw parties of men running over their plains and forests under the “Bear Flag,”; they thought that they were dealing with robbers and took the steps they thought most effective for the protection of their lives and property.
	historymatters.gmu.edu /d/6535 (2269 words)

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