 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1848, kuwanwa kwegoridherakakwezva vanhu vanobva munyika yose kuCalifornia. Pakazosvika 1853 ndarama yakawanda yakanga yacherwa kunze, ichisundira taundi reSan Francisco mukuderera kwezvemari. Vakawanda vaimbova vashandi vemumigodhi vakanga vasina mabasa, unyanzvi, kana kuti tarisiro. Mechanics Institute yakatanga muna 1854, iine mabhuku mana, imba yechess, uye basa rokutanga chikoro chokudzidzira mabasa. Panguva iyi, California yakanga isina makoreji kana kuti mayunivhesiti, uye yakanga isina maraibhurari evoruzhinji. The San Francisco Public Library haina kuvhurwa kutozosvikira muna 1879. Mumakore mashomanene, Mechanics Institute yakapa makirasi muzvidzidzo zvakadai sokushanda nemapuranga, kudhirowa kwemichina, kugadzira michina, sayenzi yemagetsi, masvomhu anoshandiswa, uye kugadzira simbi. Kukosha kwesangano iri muCalifornia dzidzo yehunyanzvi yakasvika pakakwirira muna 1868, apo paramende yeCalifornia yakapa bumbiro rekugadzwa kweYunivhesiti yeCalifornia. Sangano racho rakabatanidzwa mumakore okutanga eyunivhesiti yakanga ichangotanga, richigamuchira makirasi ezvokurovedza uye kupa hurukuro pamusoro pemisoro yakawanda. Yakabetsera kukudziridza purogiramu yezvidzidzo, uye yakanga ine chigaro paBhodi reVatongi kusvikira muna 1974. 