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Hamilton, Mount
(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, Mount, peak 4,372 ft (1,333 m) high, W Calif., in the Coast Ranges, E of San Jose. It is the site of Lick Observatory (built 1876–88), directed by the Univ. of California…migrant labor
(Encyclopedia) migrant labor, term applied in the United States to laborers who travel from place to place harvesting crops that must be picked as soon as they ripen. Although migrant labor patterns…Glaser, Donald Arthur
(Encyclopedia) Glaser, Donald Arthur, 1926–2013, American physicist, b. Cleveland, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1950. He was a professor at the Univ. of Michigan from 1950 to 1959, when…Banks, Dennis James
(Encyclopedia) Banks, Dennis James, 1937–2017, Native American civil-rights activist, b. Leech Lake Reservation, Minn. Of Ojibwa (Chippewa) heritage, he helped found the American Indian Movement (…Barish, Barry Clark
(Encyclopedia) Barish, Barry Clark, 1936–, American experimental physicist, b. Omaha, Nebr. Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1962. Barish has been a professor (emeritus from 2005) at the…Bland, Richard Parks
(Encyclopedia) Bland, Richard Parks, 1835–99, American statesman, b. near Hartford, Ky. He taught in rural schools in Kentucky and Missouri before he went to the gold fields of California in 1855. He…state flowers
(Encyclopedia) state flowers. Each state of the United States has designated, usually by legislative action, one flower as its floral emblem; the rose has been designated by Congress as the national…Census Maps of California
California: Persons per square mile, 2000 California: White persons, percent, 2000 California: Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 California: American Indian and Alaska Native persons,…California Area Codes
Area codes Selected cities209Stockton, Modesto213, 323Los Angeles310Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Torrance408San Jose415San Francisco, San Rafael510Oakland, Berkeley530Redding, Davis559Fresno562Long…California: Temperature Extremes
MonthMaximum°FYearPlaceMinimum°FYearPlaceJan.971991Indio–451937BocaFeb.1001986Thermal*–431989BocaMarch1051900Ogilby–351969White MountainApril1181898Volcano Springs–301970White…Trending
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