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