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Their flag, featuring a silhouette of a California grizzly bear, became known as the "Bear Flag" and was later the basis for the official state flag of California. Three weeks later, on July 5, 1846, the Republic's military of 100 to 200 men was subsumed into the California Battalion commanded by Brevet Captain John C. Frémont.
The barracks became the headquarters for the remaining twenty-five who founded the new California Republic and created its Bear Flag. The rebellion subsequently became known as the Bear Flag Revolt. [7] Other immigrants and their families began moving into Sonoma to be under the protection of the muskets and cannon taken from the barracks.
This location was where the Bear Flag Revolt took place in 1846, which led to the founding of the short lived Republic of California. [6] [7] The Sonoma City Hall was dedicated in 1908. "For many years, the site in Sonoma Plaza where the bear flag originally had been raised went unmarked.
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]
1890 photograph of the first "Bear Flag". A replica of it is now at El Presidio de Sonoma, or Sonoma Barracks. On June 15, 1846, some 30 non-Mexican settlers, mostly Americans, staged a revolt, seized the small Mexican garrison in Sonoma, and captured Mexican general Mariano Vallejo. They raised the "Bear Flag" of the California Republic over ...
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.
The Mexican soldiers had stop for the night to rest the horses. Ezekial Merritt group was called the Bear Flaggers. The next main event in the Bear Flag Rebellion was on June 14, 1846, in Sonoma, the taking of the Mexican administrative capital. Thus the founding of the California Republic that lasted from June 14, 1846, to July 9, 1846.
Sonoma State Historic Park. Sonoma State Historic Park is a California State Park located in the center of Sonoma, California.The park consists of six sites: the Mission San Francisco Solano, the Sonoma Barracks (sometimes called the Presidio of Sonoma), the Blue Wing Inn, La Casa Grande, Lachryma Montis, and the Toscano Hotel.