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On May 19, 1937, the Native Sons of the Golden West placed a bronze commemorative plaque in the adobe wall of the barracks, marking the building, erected in 1836, as the spot in which the Bear Flag was designed and made. [26] The Presidio Of Sonoma (Sonoma Barracks) is listed as California Historical Landmark No. 316. [1]
The California Republic, or Bear Flag Republic, was an unrecognized breakaway state from Mexico, that for 25 days in 1846 militarily controlled an area north of San Francisco, in and around what is now Sonoma County in California.
OF THE BEAR FLAG JUNE 14, 1846 [2] The monument is located on the northeastern corner of the Sonoma Plaza. This is the presumed spot where the Bear Flag Revolt took place. [5] Nearby the monument is another monument, a large boulder with a bronze plaque placed on it, that states that it is the location where the bear flag was raised. [6]
During the Bear Flag Revolt in June 1846, a band of Californios led by Nepomuceno, killed two members of the Bear Flag Party, Thomas Cowie and George Fowler. Padilla and his band to retreated to Rancho Olompali , and a group of Americans set fire to Padilla's Sonoma ranch.
Ynitia's adobe house was the site of the Battle of Olompali in June 1846, during the Bear Flag Revolt. [5] Ynitia held onto the Olompali land title for 9 years, but in 1852 he sold most of the land to James Black of Marin for $5,200. [4] [5] Black was to become one of the largest landowners of Marin County. [4]
Map of Yerba Buena, drawn by Jean Jacques Vioget in 1839; the town square (later renamed Portsmouth Square) is just south of the compass rose.. The Battle of Yerba Buena was an engagement during the Mexican–American War, during which the U.S. Navy captured and occupied the town of Yerba Buena, California (now San Francisco), without firing a shot.
During the Bear Flag Revolt, on June 24, 1846, the Battle of Olómpali occurred when a violent skirmish broke out between a group of American Bear Flaggers from Sonoma, led by Henry Ford, [4] [5] and a Mexican army force of 50 from Monterey, under the command of Joaquin de la Torre.
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