[PAR] [TLE] Thomas O. Larkin [SEP] Thomas Oliver Larkin (September 16, 1802 – October 27, 1858) was an early American businessman in Alta California, and was appointed to be the United States' first and only consul to Mexican Alta California.  After the Mexican-American War ended in 1848, Larkin moved to San Francisco, and was a signer of the original California Constitution. [PAR] [TLE] Alta California [SEP] Alta California (English: Upper California ), founded in 1769 by Gaspar de Portolà, was a polity of New Spain, and, after the Mexican War of Independence in 1822, a territory of Mexico.  The region included all of the modern American states of California, Nevada, and Utah, and parts of Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico.
[PAR] [TLE] Thomas O. Larkin [ SEP ] Thomas Oliver Larkin ( September 16 , 1802 – October 27 , 1858 ) was an early American businessman in Alta California , and was appointed to be the United States ' first and only consul to Mexican Alta California . After the Mexican - American War ended in 1848 , Larkin moved to San Francisco , and was a signer of the original California Constitution . [PAR] [TLE] Alta California [ SEP ] Alta California ( English : Upper California ) , founded in 1769 by Gaspar de Portolà , was a polity of New Spain , and , after the Mexican War of Independence in 1822 , a territory of Mexico . The region included all of the modern American states of California , Nevada , and Utah , and parts of Arizona , Wyoming , Colorado and New Mexico .
Who founded the area where Thomas O. Larkin was a businessman?
Who founded the area where Thomas O. Larkin was a businessman ?
Gaspar de Portolà
Gaspar de Portolà