Sierra High School - Oracle Yearbook (Whittier, CA)

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In I846 war brolce ouf befween Mexico and flie Unifed Sfafes. lmmediafely U.S. forces occupied flue major fowns of Alfa California. The pueblo of Los Angeles was peacefully capfured on Augusf I3, I846. The Californians offered no resisfance. buf

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,f S i L., E7 CJ, .f'7N . ...Q X Marfha Larson, Fra' V'ce Freed-e ' Elaine Belikoff, Seccrd V'ce Pres'den'. V M a L 1- ffl L L? L J if f i f L Li fi d a Le W is 5 O H 4 fa A Se fi d 0 rl S e c r .iff li gsisiil L. , Tre a s u r e r P re s id e n r L L :wi 31457 ll! .Ag . 1 fwfr Girls' League Songleaders-Jackie lngrirn Linda Alberl and Sfevana Churchill. GIRLS' LEAGUE CABI ET Hard worlc and co-operalion among lhe Girls' League members have been ihe lceys lo lheir success +his year. Their main concerns were lhe Girls' League Dance and lhe Fall Follies. A+ lhe Girls' League Dance, You and fhe Nighl' and fhe Music. couples ound lhemselves wallzing around a fumed louniain in a lypical soulh- anfafion garden selling. Earlier ear len groups of girls dis- r musical Jralenls for lheir esfs as lhey danced and around fhe world in ra he second annual Fa Foli In addiho 7? ior acfivilies WWW? lh girls of 'rhe c lcepi busy . ' 22335 . A V-7. P-Wi, .rw l ' A J- ' f L ' 'iii - . Wi? AV' A . ,L ',2 fe5i5ff:',.. ' .:,5f2yf..e 2,5l..4'-I-' Egg L W ar' ' 1, ,jf-. . L 'Hfg, .4.1. . f.. , W- a h ,-4. y U . .5 , V, f.2y,i., e .- raising money io Friendship Club 'ro help exchange sfudenl 'ro Sierra. iilgigisriifrew- A5 3I

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The U.S. commander of Los Angeles made The mis- Talce of issuing Tacfless regulafions ThaT prohibifed cerfain accusfomary and harmless enioymenfs of The people. The Californians rebelled and re-capfured The pueblo. Before The capTured U.S. Troops could be expelled. more U.S. Troops arrived and several baffles were fouqhf in The Los Angeles- area. One of The lasT baffles was foughf in The river bed of The San Gabriel River lnow The Rio Hondo Riverl below The bluffs of presenT day Monfebello. There on January 8, I845. a combined U.S. force led by Commodore Roberf F. Sfoclcfon and Colonel Sfephen Kearney crossed The river from The easT To engage a Californian force led by Jose Maria Flores, which commanded The opposife bluffs. The To reTreaT Toward Los Angeles, where a final baTTle was foughf on January IOTh. Affer ThaT The Californians laid down Their arms and surrendered To Capfain John C. Fremonf and California finallybecame a U.S. Californians, were finally forced possession. Today The sile of The Baffle of The San Gabriel River is rapidly being doTTed wiTh indusfrial esfab- lishmenfs and small homes. Only The small monu- menT on The corner of Bluff Road and Washingfon Boulevard in Monfebello reminds The passerbys of This BaTTle for California,