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The Great Seal of the U.S. state of California.
The Great Seal of the U.S. state of California.

The Seal of California was adopted at the California state Constitutional Convention of 1849 and redesigned in 1937. The seal features Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom; a California grizzly bear (the official state animal) feeding on grape vines, representing California wine production; a sheaf of grain, representing agriculture; a miner, representing the California Gold Rush and the mining industry; sailing ships, representing the state's economic power; and San Francisco Bay or the Sacramento River. The phrase "Eureka," meaning "I have found (it)!" is the California state motto. Image File history File links Seal_of_California. ... Image File history File links Seal_of_California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties Libertarian Party State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Head of Minerva by Elihu Vedder, 1896 A head of Minerva found in the ruins of the Roman baths in Bath Minerva was a Roman goddess of crafts and wisdom. ... Binomial name Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758 Ursus arctos range map. ... It has been suggested that Veraison be merged into this article or section. ... A glass of red wine This article is about the alcoholic beverage. ... The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began in January 1848, when gold was discovered at Sutters Mill. ... This article is about mineral extraction. ... San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ... A spring at the Sacramento River headwater The Sacramento River is the longest river in the state of California. ... Eureka (Eureka!, or Heureka; Greek (later ); IPA: (modern Greek), (ancient Greek, both former and later forms), Anglicised as ) is a famous exclamation attributed to Archimedes. ... Here is a list of state mottos for countries and their subdivisions around the world. ...


The geography is not an exact view from any one place in California, although the waters were described in 1849 as being "of the Sacramento" and the mountains in the background as being "the snow-clad peaks of the Sierra Nevada."


The original design of the seal was by Robert S. Garnett. However, Garnett was unwilling to introduce the design to the 1849 state constitutional convention, so Caleb Lyon introduced it as his own design, with Garnett's approval. Robert Selden Garnett (December 16, 1819 – July 13, 1861) was a career military officer, serving in the United States Army until the American Civil War, when be became a Confederate States Army brigadier general. ... Caleb Lyon Caleb Dell Lyon (born December 7, 1811 in Greig, New York – died September 8, 1875 in Rossville, Staten Island, New York) was governor of Idaho Territory from 1864 to 1866 during the last half of the American Civil War. ...


California State Normal School

San Jose State's historic Seal, from its days as a California State College
San Jose State's historic Seal, from its days as a California State College

In 1862, the California Legislature created the California State Normal School (now San Jose State University), and bestowed its Great Seal upon the school, as shown at left. Although the University's version of the Seal still graces its Tower Hall and several other buildings on the San Jose State campus, its fate as the school's official Seal is unclear. In recent years the school has also used a different seal depicting its Tower Hall building. Image File history File links San-Jose-State-College-Eure. ... Image File history File links San-Jose-State-College-Eure. ... The California State Legislature is the legislative branch of the state government of California. ... A lithograph of the second California State Normal School, San Jose building from the 1880s. ... San Jose State University San José State University, commonly shortened to San Jose State and SJSU, is the oldest university in what became the California State University system. ...

Original 1849 description

“ Around the bevel of the ring are represented thirty-one stars being the number of states of which the union will consist upon the admission of California. The foreground figure represents the Goddess Athena (Roman: Minerva) having sprung full grown from the brain of Zeus (Roman: Jupiter). This is introduced as a type of the political birth of the State of California without having gone through the probation of a Territory. At her feet crouches a grizzly bear feeding upon clusters from a grapevine emblematic of the peculiar characteristics of the country. A miner in engaged with a rocker and a bowl at his side, illustrating the golden wealth of the Sacramento upon whose waters are seen shipping typical of commercial greatness and the snow-clad peaks of the Sierra Nevada make up the background while above the Greek motto "Eureka" (I have found it) applying either to the principle involved in the admission of the State or the success of the miner at work. ”

—Original 1849 text describing the seal Eureka (Eureka!, or Heureka; Greek (later ); IPA: (modern Greek), (ancient Greek, both former and later forms), Anglicised as ) is a famous exclamation attributed to Archimedes. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

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