This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) — The Great ...

California’s Great Seal was originally created and adopted at the 1849 state Constitutional Convention and has had only minor design changes over the years, the last when the Seal was standardized in ...

The California State Capitol Museum tells the seal’s history: “The Great Seal of the State of California was designed and approved at the 1849 Monterey Constitutional Convention. The complex ...

Tamra L. Dicus is fighting to change that. “This Virginia confederate soldier basically decided to create this great seal in the state of California, and then he erased and whitewashed it (the ...

Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The Great Seal of the State of California has easily recognizable features such as a miner, grizzly bear and the word ...

The Great Seal also includes two other state symbols: the grizzly bear and the state motto Eureka.” The State Seal is stamped on official documents including California drivers’ licenses.

The most recent version, the full-color version, was accepted as official in 1978. The California State Capitol Museum tells the seal’s history: “The Great Seal of the State of California was designed ...