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  • Sloat is an unincorporated community in Plumas County, California. It lies at an elevation of 4131 feet (1259 m). Sloat is located on the Western Pacific...
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    John Drake Sloat (July 26, 1781 – November 28, 1867) was a commodore in the United States Navy who, in 1846, claimed California for the United States....
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  • Sloat may refer to: Sloat (surname) Sloat, California, in Plumas County USS Sloat, ships named after John D. Sloat Sloat House, in New York State Wingtip...
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    one in California knew that conclusively. (Official notice of the war finally reached California on August 12, 1846.) Commodore John D. Sloat, commanding...
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    D. Sloat of the United States Navy sailed into Monterey Bay in 1846 and began the U.S. military invasion of California, with Northern California capitulating...
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    John Drake Sloat of the United States Navy's Pacific Squadron first raised the 28-star American flag at Monterey, the capital of Alta California, and claimed...
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    1 and loops around Lake Merced to become Sloat Boulevard in San Francisco. SR 35 then continues along Sloat Boulevard until it reaches its terminus when...
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    northern Alta California. Sloat's ships already in the Monterey harbor, the USS Savannah, USS Cyane, and USS Levant, captured the Alta Californian capital city...
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    Historical Landmark, where U.S. Commodore John Drake Sloat raised the American flag and declared California part of the United States in 1846 Mission San Diego...
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  • John D. Sloat (1781–1867), American naval commodore who claimed California for the US Lefty Sloat (1918–2003), American baseball player Micah Sloat (b. 1981)...
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    Battle of Monterey (category 1846 in Alta California)
    the other California ports.: 98  On 17 May 1846, Commodore Sloat received word of the first open hostilities on the Rio Grande. On 26 May, Sloat received...
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  • John D. Sloat, commander of the Pacific Squadron then visiting Mazatlán Mexico. On May 17, 1846, this courier's messages informed Commodore Sloat that hostilities...
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    December 19 or 20, 1852) was an American pioneer who headed the short-lived California Republic in 1846. William Ide was born in Rutland, Massachusetts to Lemuel...
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    designated California Historical Landmark, marking the site where U.S. Commodore John Drake Sloat raised the American flag and declared California part of...
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  • 7–23. United States Navy Commodore John D. Sloat, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, who seized Alta California for the United States. 1846, July 23. US...
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    date that John D. Sloat, Commodore in the United States Navy, raised the U.S. flag over the Monterey Custom House and claimed California for the United States...
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  • Thumbnail for List of governors of California before 1850
    Below is a list of the governors of early California (1769–1850), before its admission as the 31st U.S. state. First explored by Gaspar de Portolá, with...
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    California state flag today is based on this original Bear Flag, and continues to contain the words "California Republic." Commodore John Drake Sloat...
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    Quintara, Rivera, Santiago, Taraval, Ulloa, Vicente, Wawona, Yorba, and Sloat Boulevard. "X" was originally proposed to be Xavier, but was changed to...
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    area began in 1846 during the Mexican–American War when Commodore John D. Sloat, commander of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Squadron, landed unopposed a small...
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