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A year built in the Bay Area The Golden Gate Bridge is the setting of a spectacular fireworks display during the 75th anniversary celebration on May 27, 2012. wellsfargo.com © 2012 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. ECG-733888 Photo credit: Chales Leung 2012, what a year! The 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge. Twelve months of food, fun, fireworks, and the Bay Area coming together to celebrate the golden icon that brings us together every day. The Golden Gate Bridge and Wells Fargo have been American icons throughout their histories. We’ve been honored to share the celebrations of the Golden Gate Bridge 75th anniversary with you throughout the year, and hope you have enjoyed them all. Visit goldengatebridge75.org for 75th anniversary news and updates. The Golden Gate Bridge and Wells Fargo — built in the Bay Area
Executive Director anthea hartig Editor Janet FireMan Managing Editor Shelly Kale Reviews Editor JaMeS J. raWlS Design/Production Sandy bell Editorial Consultants LARRY E . BURGESS ROBERT W . CHERNY JAMES N . GREGORY JUDSON A . GRENIER ROBERT V . HINE LANE R . HIRABAYASHI LAWRENCE J . JELINEK PAUL J . KARLSTROM SALLY M . MILLER GEORGE H . PHILLIPS LEONARD PITT California History is printed in Los Angeles by Delta Graphics. Editorial offices and support for California History are provided by Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. california history volume 90 number 1 2012 The Journal of the California Historical Society From the Editor: Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Courtship and Conquest: Alfred Sully’s Intimate Intrusion at Monterey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 By Stephen G. Hyslop “With the God of Battles I Can Destroy All Such Villains”: War, Religion, and the Impact of Islam on Spanish and Mexican California, 1769–1846 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 By Michael Gonzalez Joaquin Miller and the Social Circle at the Hights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 By Phoebe Cutler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 on the front cover (Detail) The artist and U.S. Army officer Alfred Sully (1821–1879) held posts in Monterey and Benicia, California, during the years immediately following the American conquest of California. As Stephen Hyslop observes, Sully described people and scenes of Californio society in his letters and artwork. This untitled painting, created circa 1850, is an idealized view of the life to which he aspired at the time (see pages 4–17). www.encore-editions.com contents 1
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