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An 1877 map showing the towns of Bantas and Ellis. Banta is a small unincorporated community in San Joaquin County, California.Originally known as the village of San Joaquin Valley in the 1840s, the town was served by the McCloud Stage Company as the last stop for passengers before heading over the Altamont Pass on the road between Stockton and the Bay Area.
Losey then earned two master's degrees from the California Institute of Technology, while serving as a meteorologist in California. [4] [5] "Professors described him as 'perhaps the most brilliant student' who ever attended the school." [3] On April 10, 1933, he was married to Kathryn Leona Gault "Kay" Banta of California. [4] [5] [8]
Hubert Howe Bancroft was born on May 5, 1832, in Granville, Ohio, to Azariah Ashley Bancroft and Lucy Howe Bancroft.The Howe and Bancroft families originally hailed from the New England states of Vermont and Massachusetts, respectively. [1]
Kevin Starr, former professor of History and California State Librarian has written many highly regarded books [1] on the history of California including the multi-volume Americans & the California Dream Series which contain a significant amount of history about Los Angeles and the surrounding area. California: A History. New York: Modern Library.
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The series includes the first book illustrated by Andrew Wyeth, The Brandywine; Marjory Stoneman Douglas' The Everglades: River of Grass which successfully focused public attention on the plight of the Everglades; Paul Horgan's Great River: The Rio Grande in America History, considered the definitive study of the early Southwest; and poet Edgar ...
George and Martha is a series of children's books written and illustrated by James Marshall between 1972 and 1988. Each book in the series contains five short stories describing interactions between two hippos, George and Martha (named after the first U.S. president and his wife).
Richard Albert Banta (July 7, 1925 – February 9, 2007) was an American architect born in Morrill, Nebraska, [1] who designed houses in Los Angeles, California. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] References