The bear on the California state flag lived in Golden Gate Park How the 'last California grizzly' went from publicity stunt to icon By Andrew Chamings , Editor-at-Large Updated Oct 13, 2020 5:02 p.m.

This is the design of the first California bear flag, flown during the short-lived Bear Flag Revolt of 1846. The original flag was lost during the San Francisco Earthquake, but a copy was saved.

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Dig a little deeper, though, and holes start showing up in that version of events. For one thing, there’s no mention of Monarch in Kelley’s detailed and meticulous notes about designing the flag. In ...

California’s grizzly bear flag was adopted at the behest of the Native Sons of the Golden West, a group that believed California was given by God to a “white people.” ...

The golden bruins emblazon the state flag and seal, live on in cartoonish effigy as university mascots, and roll off the tip of our tongue in place names like Grizzly Flats and Big Bear Lake.

Although its on the state flag, the fearsome grizzly bear no longer can be found in the California wild. The last grizzly bear observed in California was shot in the early 1920s.

The golden bruins emblazon the state flag and seal, live on in cartoonish effigy as university mascots, and roll off the tip of our tongue in place names like Grizzly Flats and Big Bear Lake.