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Great Basin
(Encyclopedia) Great Basin, semiarid, N section of the Basin and Range province, the intermontane plateau region of W United States and N Mexico. Lying mostly in Nevada and extending into California…Donner Party
(Encyclopedia) Donner Party, group of emigrants to California who in the winter of 1846–47 met with one of the most famous tragedies in Western history. The California-bound families were mostly from…Yosemite National Park
(Encyclopedia) Yosemite National ParkYosemite National Parkyōsĕmˈĭtē [key], 748,436 acres (302,881 hectares), E central Calif.; est. 1890 as a result of the efforts of conservationist John Muir.…Santa Ana Winds
Mysterious autumn winds that warm southern California by Liz Olson California Related Links Worst U.S. Forest Fires Disasters CaliforniaIn autumn, we often hear about Santa…Mojave Desert
(Encyclopedia) Mojave or Mohave Desert, c.15,000 sq mi (38,850 sq km), region of low, barren mountains and flat valleys, 2,000 to 5,000 ft (610–1,524 m) high, S Calif.; part of the Great Basin of the…Cascade Range
(Encyclopedia) Cascade Range, mountain chain, c.700 mi (1,130 km) long, extending S from British Columbia to N Calif., where it becomes the Sierra Nevada; it parallels the Coast Ranges, 100–150 mi (…Pliocene epoch
(Encyclopedia) Pliocene epochPliocene epochplīˈəsēn [key], fifth epoch of the Cenozoic era of geologic time (see Geologic Timescale, tablegeologic timescale, table), from 5.1 to 2 million years ago.…Granada, city, Spain
(Encyclopedia) Granada, city, capital of Granada prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, at the confluence of the Darro and Genil rivers. Formerly (17th cent.) a…Trapped in the Mountains
On October 31st, when the party was still 150 miles from Sutter's Fort, a storm hit, dumping several feet of snow. They became trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and were forced to…John Zuinglius ANDERSON, Congress, CA (1904-1981)
ANDERSON John Zuinglius , a Representative from California; born in Oakland, Alameda County, Calif., March 22, 1904; moved with his parents to Santa Cruz, Calif., the same year, and to San Jose,…Trending
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