<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westward_expansion_of_the_United_States" id="mwpg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Westward expansion of the United States">Westward expansion of the United States</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Frémont" id="mwpw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John C. Frémont">John C. Frémont</a> is appointed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_California" id="mwqA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Governor of California">Governor</a> of the new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" id="mwqQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="California">California</a> Territory.