MENDOCINO – On the Derivation and Definition of the Names …
Daily Alta California, Volume 1, Number 103, 29 April 1850 REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE On the Derivation and Definition of the Names of the several Counties of the State of California, &c. MENDOCINO.— In the year 1535 Antonio de Mendoza, first Viceroy of New Spain, appointed by the Emperor, arrived at the city of … [Read more…]