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Sept. 9, 2026

California statehood anniversary.

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California statehood anniversary: the Golden State, Gold Rush history, and famous California facts.

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Calorogus Shark Media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison. In today's theme

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is California Statehood Anniversary, the Golden State, gold Rush, History

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and famous California Facts. Question one, California marks its Admission

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Day each year on what date in eighteen fifty did

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it officially enter the Union as the thirty first state.

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Question two? Before statehood delegates gathered to draft California's first constitution,

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what building hosted the eighteen forty nine Constitutional Convention? Question three?

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A glittering discovery set off the gold Rush? At what

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site and on which river did James W. Marshall find

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gold in eighteen forty eight? Question four, California's grizzly Bear

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flag traces to a brief eighteen forty six uprising in

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Which town was the original bear flag first raised? Question five?

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Within a short stretch of the eastern Sierra and Death Valley,

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California holds both the highest and lowest points in the

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contiguous US. Name them. We'll be right back with these

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answers after this break. Welcome back. Question one. On what

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date did California become the thirty first US state? Answer?

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September ninth, eighteen fifty. President Millard Fillmore proclaimed California statehood

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on September ninth, eighteen fifty, as part of the Compromise

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of eighteen fifty. Unusually, California skipped the territorial stage and

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went straight to statehood due to the gold Rush population boom.

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Question two Where was California's eighteen forty nine Constitutional Convention held? Answer?

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Colton Hall in Monterey. Colton Hall in Monterey hosted the

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convention in eighteen forty nine, where delegates drafted a constitution

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that outlawed slavery and set the stage for swift admission

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to the Union. Question three. Where was gold discovered to

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spark the Gold Rush? Answer? Sutter's Mill on the American River, Colomba.

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On January twenty fourth, eighteen forty eight, James W. Marshall

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discovered gold at Sutter's Mill on the South Fork of

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the American River near Colomba, triggering a worldwide influx of

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forty nine ers. Question four in what town was the

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bear flag first raised in eighteen forty six? Answer? Sonoma.

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American settlers hoisted the bear flag in Sonoma on June fourteenth,

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eighteen forty six, declaring the short lived California Republic. The

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design inspired today's state flag with the Grizzly and California Republic.

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Question five, Name the highest and lowest points in the

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lower forty eight both in California. Answer Mount Whitney and

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bad Water Basin. Mount Whitney rises to fourteen thousand, five

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hundred and five feet, while bad Water Basin in Death

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Valley lies about two eighty two feet below sea level,

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roughly eighty five miles apart, a dramatic contrast emblematic of

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California's extremes that concludes today's five daily trivia questions. I'm

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Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help

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of AI technology. See you tomorrow, You