ONE OF THE OLDEST MOBILE HOMES STILL IN EXISTENCE
IN LAKE COUNTY IS THIS OLD CABIN MADE FROM A WAGON
THAT IS ONE OF THE LAST WAGONS FROM THE DONNER PARTY.
ONLY A FEW OF THE FAMILIES SURVIVED THE TRAGIC CROSSING
AND ONE OF THEM MADE THEIR WAY TO KELSEYVILLE.
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KELSEYVILLE IS ALSO KNOWN FOR OTHER THINGS THAT ARE PART OF CALIFORNIA HISTORY.
THE KELSEY FAMILY TOOK PART IN THE LIBERATION OF CALIFORNIA FROM SPANISH RULE!
ON JUNE 14, 1846 A SMALL BAND OF POORLY EQUIPPED MEN RODE
TO GENERAL VALEJO'S OLD ADOBE IN SONOMA. WITH THEM THEY CARRIED A FLAG,
THAT FLAG WAS THE FIRST BEAR FLAG OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THAT FLAG WAS MADE BY NANCY KELSEY, FROM HER PETTICOAT.
THESE MEN ATTACTED GENERAL VALLEJO, AND TOOK HIM HOSTAGE.
THE GENEROUS HOST, GENERAL VALLEJO THEN PROCEEDED TO GET THEM ALL DRUNK,
AND THEN SURRENDERED THE NEXT MORNING!
THE VICTORS PROUDLY DISPLAYED MS. NANCY'S UNDERWEAR ON THE FLAGPOLE.
THIS WAS KNOWN AS THE BEAR FLAG REVOLUTION!
THIS WAS THE DAY CALIFORNIA WAS LIBERATED FROM THE SPANISH/ MEXICAN RULE.
THE FLAG FLEW FOR APROXIMATELY 28 DAYS UNTIL THE STARS & STRIPES OF THE US FLAG WAS RAISED.
GENERAL VALLEJO LATER BECAME THE FIRST HISPANIC TO SERVE IN THE SENATE.
GENERAL VALLEJO WAS CONSIDERED A GREAT STATESMAN BY ALL WHO NEW HIM.
THERE ARE SEVERAL HOMES THAT WERE BUILT BY THE KELSEY FAMILY THAT
HAVE BEEN PRESERVED.
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