<P> The Lone Star Flag of California, associated with Alvarado's rebellion, contained a single red star on a white background . One last original flag is archived at the Autry National Center . </P> <P> The original Grizzly Bear Flag was designed by Peter Storm . Versions of Storm's Bear Flag were raised for the first time in Sonoma, California, in June 1846 on a date between the 14th and the 17th, by the men who became known as the "Bear Flaggers", including William B. Ide . The exact creation date is at least somewhat unclear . However, U.S. Naval Lieutenant John Missroon reported the flag's existence as of June 17, 1846 . </P> <P> One Bear Flag was designed by William L. Todd, a cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln . According to the book Flags Over California, published by the California Military Department, the star on the flag began in the 1836 California Lone Star Flag . William Todd, in an 1878 letter to the Los Angeles Express, states that the star was drawn using blackberry juice and in recognition of the California Lone Star Flag . The bear was designed to be a symbol of strength and unyielding resistance . </P> <P> According to the Sonoma State Historic Park, the construction of the flag was described as such: </P>

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