2024 California Admission Day - Cake and Ice Cream

n September 9, 1850, California officially became our 31st State of the United States of America.

From Old Sacramento to Negro Bar, Mormon Island and Negro Hill, our Gold Mining District, the world's first "viral story" the California Gold Rush comes alive.

Pre-Folsom History begins with the early 16th-century romance novel entitled, Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián), Baja Sur and Alta California was the name of a mythical island populated by Negro women warriors, led by Queen Califia.

The authentic history soon come alive in Historic Negro Bar, Alta California as we explore the transition from Mexican rule to United States Military conquest.

Honorable William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. acquired Rancho Rio De Los Americanos in 1844. His 35,521 acre Mexican Land Grant, uniquely stipulated that he would not disturb the migrations of Nisenan/Maidu nations upon land newly entitled to the man we affectionately call today, our "African Founding Father of California."

Honorable William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. acquired Rancho Rio De Los Americanos in 1844. His 35,521 acre Mexican Land Grant, uniquely stipulated that he would not disturb the migrations of Nisenan/Maidu nations upon land newly entitled to the man we affectionately call today, our "African Founding Father of California."

Beginning in January 1848, throughout the initial California Gold Mining District along today's American River Basin, people of Pan African Ancestry remain key salient contributors to the forward flow of humanity.

Gold was discovered upstream along the south fork of the American River in Coloma Valley.

In the initial Gold Mining District, prospecting for gold was a very difficult, a physical full-time occupation, usually driving most men mad and financially destitute.

The leading regional mining towns of Negro Hill, Mormon Island and Negro Bar were well established by fall of 1849 as political notions evolved far away at Colton Hall, Monterey.

On September 9, 1850, officially California Admission Day, our gold mining town of Negro Bar, Sacramento County was a bustling transportation hub for the regional gold mining district and offered a very unique strategic location for regional economic development.

New York Railroad Engineer Theodore Judah created a survey map, dated September 1854 that was utilized to show the viability and strategic importance of the first Commerical Railroad in the West. Wall Street, NY financial markets invested in the construction of the Sacramento Valley Railroad, Inc, that terminated at the crossing of the American River at Negro Bar, Sacramento County.

September 9, 1850, is California Admission Day, let's explore the opportunities.

Everyone is invited to celebrate the official birthday of our Great State of California and reflect upon authentic history of Historic Negro Bar, along today's Lake Natoma Waterfront, City of Folsom, California.

Host or Publisher California Black Agriculture Working Group