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Sep 27, 2017 · Allensworth, the first town in California established exclusively by African Americans, was founded in 1908 by a group of men led by Colonel Allen Allensworth. Born a slave in Louisville, Kentucky in 1842, Allensworth became the highest ranking black officer in the U.S. Army when he retired in 1906. As a boy, Allensworth was punished for ...
- Colonel Allen Allensworth
On April 7, 1906, after twenty years of service, he was...
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- Robert Mikell
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- Colonel Allen Allensworth
Established by Allen Allensworth in 1908, the town was the first in California to be founded, financed, and governed by African-Americans. [3] The original townsite is designated as Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park. The 2020 United States census reported Allensworth's population was 531, up from 471 at the 2010 census.
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At Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park, visitors can peek into the windows of each structure — the schoolhouse, the library and homes. The nearly 20 buildings are meant to look like they would have looked in 1908, complete with outhouses, furniture, books and even fake food in the kitchen of Lt. Col. Allensworth’s home. There's a bizarre ghost-...
When Butler disembarked the train in the blazing heat, she walked across the tracks to wait for the small bus to take her to the schoolhouse. There, Butler told the docents that she heard a story about how Gloria Harris, her sister-in-law’s mother, had carved her name into a desk. She didn’t find Harris’ name on a desk, but one of the school’s reco...
Sen. Bradford, of the Reparations Task Force, is focused on bringing attention to the accomplishments of Black people and properties they owned at the turn of the century, such as Val Verde and Bruce’s Beach.
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Nov 19, 2019 · In 1908 four black men formed the California Colony and Home Promoting Association. The Association purchased 20 acres along the Santa Fe rail line from the Pacific Farming Company, at a railway stop called Solita. They divided this land into individual parcels to form the first town in California to be founded, financed, and governed by blacks.
Jun 12, 2006 · Allensworth: California’s First Black Community. A former slave and former chaplain for the black 24th infantry teamed up with a gifted black teacher named William Payne to create a colony of opportunity. by B. Gordon Wheeler 6/12/2006. Allensworth became the first California town founded and governed by black settlers, with Colonel Allen ...
Sep 20, 2018 · The discovery made many residents leave for other areas until there were just less than 35 families left in the town. In 1967, the California State Parks and Recreational Commission approved that ...
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Oct 4, 2021 · Some 250 miles southeast of San Francisco, the town — Allensworth — was California’s first-ever town founded and governed by Black people, and a monumental icon to Black freedom around the ...
