I think we should be proud to have the Californios like Pio Pico in our history. They were a pretty dignified and reasonably civilized bunch of people who could have created a unique nation. They got their pants pulled down by the giant gold rush immigration of US citizens but they and their culture never really disappeared.
I don't know how you get a state out of the US and live to tell the tale but if the US keeps getting more and more psychotic perhaps the Osos can be reborn.
I think we should be proud to have the Californios like Pio Pico in our history. They were a pretty dignified and reasonably civilized bunch of people who could have created a unique nation. They got their pants pulled down by the giant gold rush immigration of US citizens but they and their culture never really disappeared.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how you get a state out of the US and live to tell the tale but if the US keeps getting more and more psychotic perhaps the Osos can be reborn.