| A | B |
|---|
| Hernando Cortes | conquered Aztecs |
| Juan Cabrillo | discovered San Diego Bay |
| Juniperro Serra | started first Mission |
| Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla | called for Mexican Independence |
| Biddy Mason | successful 19th century CA black female |
| Levi Strauss | gold rush entrepreneur |
| Juhn Butterfield | started Overland Mail Service |
| Leland Stanford | one of the Big Four |
| Theodore Judah | engineer behind the Transcontinental Railroad |
| Diane Feinstein | current US Senator from CA |
| Samuel F.B. Morse | inventor of telegraph |
| Johnny Fry | first rider of the Pony Express |
