In the early 1900s, Vallejo was home to a Class D minor-league baseball team, referred to in local newspapers sometimes as the "Giants" and other times simply as "The Vallejos." Pacific Coast League star and future Chicago White Sox center fielder Ping Bodie played for Vallejo during the 1908 season, in which the team reached the California state title game.
Vallejo died in 1890, a symbol of the eclipse of Californio wealth, power, and prestige. He eventually retired from public life, questioning the wisdom of his having welcomed the American acquisition of California in the first place. Afterward, Vallejo remained active in state politics, but challenges to his land titles around Sonoma eventually left him impoverished and reduced his ranch from 250,000 acres to a mere 300. He also served on the state constitutional convention in 1849. government appointed the influential Vallejo as Indian agent for Northern California. The yard functioned for over a hundred years, finally closing in 1996. Due to the presence of the shipyard, Filipinos began to immigrate to Vallejo beginning in the first decades of the 20th century. After legislature left, the government established a naval shipyard on Mare Island, which helped the city overcome the loss. Benicia is named after Vallejo's wife, Benicia de Vallejo. In 1853, it was again the meeting place for the legislature, solely for the purpose of moving the capitol officially to Benicia, which occurred on February 4, 1853, after only a month. Unfortunately, Vallejo didn't follow through with building a capitol for them to meet in. In 1852, the legislature convened for the first time. In 1851, Vallejo was declared to become the official state capitol, with the government prepared to meet for the first time the following year. General Vallejo, though a Mexican army officer, generally acquiesced in the annexation of California to the United States, recognizing the greater resources of the United States and benefits that would bring to California.įounded in 1854, Mare Island was the first naval base on the West Coast. This was subsequently followed by the annexation of the California Republic to the United States. In 1846 independence-minded Anglo immigrants rose up against the Mexican government of California in what would be known as the Bear Flag Revolt which resulted in his imprisonment in Sutter's Fort. General Vallejo was responsible for military peace in the region and founded the pueblo of Sonoma in 1836. The city was named after this Mexican military officer and title holder who was appointed in settling and overseeing the north bay region. The city of Vallejo was once part of the 84,000-acre (340 km 2) Rancho Suscol Mexican land grant of 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. The California Archaeological Inventory has indicated that the three Indian sites are located on Sulphur Springs Mountain. There are three confirmed Native American sites located in the rock outcrops in the hills above Blue Rock Springs Park. Vallejo was once home of the Coastal Miwok as well as Suisunes and other Patwin Native American tribes. The city was founded on his Rancho Suscol. Vallejo is named after Don Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, the famed Californio general and statesman. The following year in 1854, authorities founded the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, which defined Vallejo's economy until the turn of the 21st century. The city was founded in 1851 on General Vallejo's Rancho Suscol to serve as the capital city of California, which it served as from 1852 to 1853, when the Californian government moved to neighboring Benicia, named in honor of General Vallejo's wife Benicia Carrillo de Vallejo. Vallejo is named after Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, the famed Californio general and statesman. Vallejo is known as the home to the California Maritime Academy, Touro University of California, and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.
Located on the shores of San Pablo Bay, the city had a population of 126,090 at the 2020 census. Vallejo ( / v ə ˈ l eɪ( h) oʊ/ və- LAY-(h)oh Spanish: ba- YEH-ho) is a city in Solano County, California and the largest city in the North Bay region of the Bay Area.