Copyright 1996 PhilReader. Reproduced with the permission of the author.
Time Line for the Establishment of the
Pueblo de Branciforte
By PhilReader
1542
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and Bartolome Ferrelo, flying the flag of Spain, explore the west coast of North America.
1565
The Crown-sponsored Manila Galleons, from New
It Is Not My Intention to be Captured. PhilReader, 1991.
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"Charole":
The Life of Branciforte Bandido Faustino Lorenzana
By PhilReader
Part I
In 1885 a reporter for the Santa Cruz Sentinel asked ex-sheriff Charlie Lincoln who was the most notorious
character that he had encountered during his tenure