In the Plaza of Sonoma is a plaque commemorating an 1846 revolt by Yanqui settlers who captured the Mexican garrison here and declared the Bear Flag Republic.
The Mexican governor sent 55 men to attempt to crush the rebellion, but General José Castro's forces were defeated at the Battle of Olompali.

This photo was taken by a Hasselblad 500C medium format film camera and Carl Zeiss S-Planar 1:5.6 f=120mm lens using Kodak T-MAX 400 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.