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Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo

1807–1890 · 19th century

Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was a Californio military commander and landowner, comandante of the northern frontier of Mexican Alta California, where he laid out the town of Sonoma in 1835. Rebels of the Bear Flag revolt seized him at Sonoma in June 1846 and held him prisoner for several weeks. He later sat in California's constitutional convention and its first state senate.

Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
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California Republic

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mariano-guadalupe-vallejo
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