History of marriage in California History of marriage in California The recorded history of marriage in California is long and encompasses a period as far back as the first Spanish missions and even further back in unrecorded history of Native American Indians and their marriage rituals. California was incorporated into the United States of America in 1850. While the Native Americans of California did not document their culture in the same way western civilization did, we still have a great deal of knowledge from archaeological evidence as well as the earliest records of the Spanish missions. Native communities in southern California of the Chumash Indians,
America: A Personal History of the United States America: A Personal History of the United States America: A Personal History of the United States is a British 13-part documentary television series about the United States and its history, commissioned by the BBC and made in partnership with Time-Life Films. It was written and presented by Alistair Cooke, and first broadcast in both the United Kingdom and the United States in 1972. The producer was Michael Gill, who had the idea for the series and chose the presenter. A tie-in book, "Alistair Cooke's America", which sold almost two million copies. The series was a great success in both countries