The State of California - then and now

This is the one-in-a-million forward that is actually entertaining.

Do you know what happened this week back in 1850, 159 years ago?  

California became a state.
   The State had no electricity.
The State had no money.
   Almost everyone spoke Spanish.
There were gunfights in the streets.
   So basically, it was just like California is today;
except the women had real breasts and the men didn't hold hands