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In the early years of CA the California brown bear roamed the state. It was everywhere and there were so many that the Spanish would dig a pit and put a bear/bull in the pit to see who would win. Even as a child I remember camping where the bears roamed the camp grounds. John C. Fremont named CA the "Bear flag Republic" and in 1850 when CA became a state the bear was placed in the flag in honor of the Republic and the animal the roamed the state.

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Sonny Borer

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