2/3/2016
2/3/2016
2/3/2016
2/3/2016
Landmark information
- Location:
Sonoma State Historic Park, NW corner of E Spain and 1st St E, Sonoma - Plaque:
Other Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
7/14/1995 - Date Most Recently Visited:
2/3/2016 - GPS Coordinates:
N 38 17.615, W 122 27.409
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Sonoma Barracks
Erected in 1836 by General M.G. Vallejo. Headquarters of Bear Flag Party which on June 14, 1846 proclaimed a "California Republic" and raised the Bear Flag on Sonoma's plaza. Twenty three days later, July 7, 1846, Commodore John Drake Sloat, representing the United States government took possession of California. In April 1847, Stevenson's Regiment Company "G", U.S.A. occupied the barracks.