Founders of Benicia
1847
Gen. Mariano G. Vallejo
Who was Commandante of Northern
California for over 10 years.
Thomas O. Larkin
U.S. Consul in California 1844-1846.
Robert Semple
Presiding Officer of the First Constitutional
Convention of California and Co-founder
with Rev. Walter Colton of California’s
First Newspaper the “Californian.”
Francisca Benicia Vallejo
Wife of Gen. Vallejo and for whom
Benicia was Named.
Courtesy hmdb.org
