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Photographer: Joe Castillo
Taken: October 11, 2015
Caption: Plaque #4 (Lower right boulder)
Additional Description: Commodore Robert Field Stockton U.S.N.
born Princeton, N.J. 1796 - Died 1866.

Governor and Commander in Chief of
American forces in California
from July 23rd, 1846 to January 16th, 1847.

Captured and first raised flag of U.S. at Los Angeles
August 13th, 1846
Recaptured Los Angeles January 10th, 1847.
Submitted: July 23, 2017, by James King of San Miguel, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p391067
File Size: 1.127 Megabytes

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