Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
Born: July 4, 1807
Died: January 18, 1890 (aged 82)
Bio: Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was a Californio military commander, politician, and rancher who was born a subject of Spain and became a military officer of the Republic of Mexico and participated in the settling and transition of the Mexican province of Alta California into the state of California.