In Alta Journal 9, we published a list of 36 related names, words, and phrases that reveal something about life in California and the West. Can you guess the connection?

  • Brother Jonathan
  • Ningpo
  • Labouchere
  • Sea Foam
  • Munleon
  • George L. Olson
  • Frolic
  • Valencia
  • Carrier Pigeon
  • King Philip
  • Star of Scotland
  • Crown of England
  • Sibyl Marston
  • Charles Brown
  • Bobolink
  • Josephine Woolcot
  • Emily G. Reed
  • Ituna
  • Newbern
  • Brutus
  • Captain Lincoln
  • Lila and Mattie
  • Peter Iredale
  • Sujameco
  • Emma Utter
  • Bunkalation
  • Joan of Arc
  • City of Rio de Janeiro
  • J. Marhoffer
  • J.E. Boyden
  • McCulloch
  • Monte Carlo
  • Tennessee
  • Conestoga
  • City of Chester
  • Protection

Answer

Some shipwrecks along the West Coast, 1850–1950