Ranch and Mission Days in Alta California, by Guadalupe Vallejo 1846  First Election in Yerba Buena 1846  Capt. Montgomery Ends Indian Slavery 1846  Gen. Fremont and the Bear Flag Revolt 1846  The California Bear Flag 1846-1848  Mexican War and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Life in California Before the Discovery of Gold, by John Bidwell Yerba Buena  Before the Gold Rush 1846  Lithograph of Yerba Buena 1846  The Brooklyn Arrives at Yerba Buena San Francisco Gold Rush Chronology 1846  1849 1847  William T. Sherman and California Before the Gold Rush 1847  News of the Donner Party Reaches San Francisco 1847  Order Changing the Name of Yerba Buena 1848  Discovery of Gold in California, by John A. Sutter1848  Capt. Sutter describes the Gold Discovery, by John A. Sutter 1848  William T. Sherman and the Gold Rush 1848  Military Governor Masons Report on the Discovery of Gold 1848  Thomas Larkin Writes of the Gold Discovery 1848  A Rush to the Gold Washings, from the California Star 1849  Street Map of San Francisco 1849  First of Six Great Fires 1849  Notice: Important Meeting to Form a Fire Department 1849  The Gold Rush and Anti-Chinese Race Hatred 1849  From the Diary of Alvin Coffey, African American '49er History of San Francisco Gold Rush-era Street Names, by Henry C. Carlisle 1849  San Francisco Gold Rush Banking 1849  San Franciscos First Brick Building 1849  Miners Ten Commandments 1849  Commandments from a Miners Wife 1849  Gold Hunters Farewell to his Wife 1849  California Constitution