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The 1562 map of the Americas, created by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez, which applied the name California for the first time.. California was the name given to a mythical island populated only by beautiful Amazon warriors, as depicted in Greek myths, using gold tools and weapons in the popular early 16th-century romance novel Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián) by ...
California's Lone Star coup and declaration of independence, 1836. Las Californias Department established by Las Siete Leyes (The Seven Laws), 1836–1846. Second Federal Republic of Mexico, 1846–1848. Alta California Territory reestablished when 1824 Constitution of Mexico was restored, 1846–1848. Mexican–American War, 1846–1848.
Fort Humboldt State Historic Park is a California state park, located in Eureka, California, United States.Its displays interpret the former U.S. Army fort, which was staffed from 1853–1870, the interactions between European Americans and Native Americans in roughly the same period, logging equipment and local narrow gauge railroad history of the region.
Santa Cruz. 37°00′38″N 122°02′38″W. / 37.0106°N 122.044°W / 37.0106; -122.044 ( California Powder Works Bridge) Santa Cruz. A 1872 covered bridge that is one of the best-preserved national examples of the Smith truss design.
Earp, California is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County in the Sonoran Desert close to the California / Arizona state line at the Colorado River in Parker Valley . The town, originally named Drennan in 1910, was renamed Earp in 1929. [ 1] It was named for famed Old West lawman Wyatt Earp who with his common-law wife, Josephine ...
Historic Spots in California is a guide to historic places in the U.S. state of California. The first edition, by Hero Eugene Rensch and Ethel Grace Rensch, was published in 1932. The book was originally sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution and is published by Stanford University Press. [1] [2] One of the original authors was a ...
Geography of California. Coordinates: 37°9′58″N 119°26′58″W. Map of California topography and geomorphic provinces. California's major mountain ranges. California is a U.S. state on the western coast of North America. Covering an area of 163,696 sq mi (423,970 km 2 ), California is among the most geographically diverse states.
[22] [23] Although 2,700 birds had been seized from the same location in 2007, the 2017 raid was the "largest cockfighting bust in U.S. history" according to The Los Angeles Times, [22] while the sheriff department said it was, "one of the largest seizures of flying fowl used for illegal cockfighting and (for) breeding for illegal cockfighting ...