California Centennials: October, 1948; Vol. I No. 6

This newsletter focuses on arrangements and recent events across California for the celebration of the statehood's centennial in 1950. Opening in the middle and partially on the back are the said events, and displayed on the front and back is a short article commemorating the centennial of the Donner Party tragedy.

Notables of articles: Sutter's Fort Historical Museum, George Donner, James Frazier Reed, Martha Jane Reed / Patty Reed, Camp of Death, Pomona Fair, California's Golden Beginning, Sacramento State Fair, Fiesta de Portola, Portola Trek / Portola expedition, Grape Festival and Centennial Celebration, Pioneer Day, League of California Cities, Arcata, Covered Wagon Days Centennial, E E Dick Kleck, James Rogers, Robert Quinlan, Hugo Mohle, Caryol Stockdale, James Hinson, Roy Van de Linder, Tom Wilcox, Waldo Carminetti, Paul Kinne, Paul Whiting, California Constitutional Convention, Portola Festival and Pageant, Centennial Historical Caravan

Notables of commission: George Heinz, Lloyd D Mitchell, Joseph R Knowland, Willard W Keith, J W Mailliard, DR Robert E Burns, John Lawrence Fox, Fred Weybret, Thomas J Doyle, Eugene W Biscailuz, Roger J Sterrett, Walter Gibson, Anson S Blake, Morris Zusman, Edwin L Carty, Ray Wiser, Thomas L Stanley, Willis O Hunter, W J Crabbe, William G Paden, Frank Mogle, Paul Reeves, G W Wickland, Frank J Hanagan, George C Hoberg, Herbert E Bolton, Earl L Covey, Alfred Ghirardelli, Doris Treat, Dr Willsie Martin, Y Frank Freeman, J C Bradbury, Chet Huntley, T M Storke
Source:
  • California Centennials Commission
  • Oregon and California in 1848
Date: 1948
Type: NEWSLETTER; ARTICLE; LEAFLET
Coverage:
  • Santa Cruz
  • Centennial
  • Disaster
  • Events
  • 1940s
  • Humboldt County
  • Los Angeles County
  • San Bernardino County
  • Ventura County
  • San Luis Obispo County
  • Mendocino County
  • San Mateo County
  • Biographies
  • California
  • Gold Rush
  • San Carlos
  • San Mateo
  • Burlingame
  • Ukiah
  • Paso Robles
  • Oxnard
  • Long Beach
  • El Segundo
  • San Bernardino
  • San Diego
  • San Francisco
Identifier: MS-SANTA CRUZ-EVENTS-31

Citation

Edmonds, John. “California Centennials: October, 1948; Vol. I No. 6.” California Centennials Commission. 1948. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/138617. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.