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Bookmark or Share- Altadena, California - WikipediaAltadena (pronunciation ⓘ) is an unincorporated area [3] [4] and census-designated place in the San Gabriel Valley and The Verdugos [5] regions of Los Angeles County, California.Directly north of the city of Pasadena, California, it is approximately 14 miles (23 km) from downtown Los Angeles.The population was 42,777 at the 2010 census, up from 42,610 at the 2000 census.
- Alta California - WikipediaAlta California ('Upper California'), also known as Nueva California ('New California') among other names, [a] was a province of New Spain formally established in 1804. Along with the Baja California peninsula, it had previously comprised the province of Las Californias, but was made a separate province in 1804 (named Nueva California). [1] .
- Alta California - Encyclopedia.comAlta California (äl´tə kăl´Ĭfôr´nyə), term used by the Spanish to refer to their possessions along the entire Pacific coast north of the Mexican state of Baja California. California was often represented on maps as an island some 3,000 mi (4,800 km) long until the 18th-century explorations of the Jesuit father Eusebio Kino proved ...
- Alta California: The Mexican Period - Arte AmericasAfter 300 years of colonization, Mexico became independent, inheriting Alta California. Weak from wars and colonization, they lost all northern territories to the advancing, aggressive United States.
- Alta California - Los CalifornianosFast Facts on Alta California. Alta California refers to “Upper” California in New Spain (Nueva España), roughly encompassing what is now the current states of California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona north of the Gila River, along with parts of Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico.
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