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Roy Bean arrived in California in the spring of 1849 when California was an occupied American possession under military rule. San Diego had been transformed by the 1842 Santa Clarita gold rush from a sleepy village to a sleepy trading center for miners drawn by the Golden Promise of California.

Joshua Bean Successful Businessman, Successful Politician

In the spring of 1849 Roy Bean was reunited with his other brother Joshua Bean. Joshua had become a prominent and prosperous trader, saloon keeper and land speculator in San Diego. Joshua had served as a Captain in the Regular Army during the Mexican-American War and held the rank of Major General in the California State Militia. He was the first and only American elected San Diego Alcalde following the war and was elected the first Mayor of San Diego in 1850.

Roy Bean basked in the reflected glory of his brother. Roy would strut down the streets of San Diego dressed as an elegant Doñ; wearing el sombrero fino with embroidered pants and jacket; twin Colt revolvers and a silver hilted Bowie knife hanging from a tooled leather gun belt.

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