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Joseph R. Walker (December 13, 1798 – October 27, 1876) was a mountain man and experienced scout.He established the segment of the California Trail, the primary route for the emigrants to the gold fields during the California gold rush, from Fort Hall, Idaho to the Truckee River.
The Vaqueros Formation is a sedimentary geologic unit primarily of Upper Oligocene and Lower Miocene age, which is widespread on the California coast and coastal ranges in approximately the southern half of the state. It is predominantly a medium-grained sandstone unit, deposited in a shallow marine environment.
Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Reptiles of California. Berkeley: University of California Press. 318 pp. ISBN 9780520233157. Mayor, Adrienne. Fossil Legends of the First Americans. Princeton University Press. 2005. ISBN 0-691-11345-9. Murray, Marian (1974). Hunting for Fossils: A Guide to Finding and Collecting Fossils in All 50 States. Collier ...
The oldest rocks in California date back 1.8 billion years to the Proterozoic and are found in the San Gabriel Mountains, San Bernardino Mountains, and Mojave Desert.The rocks of eastern California formed a shallow continental shelf, with massive deposition of limestone during the Paleozoic, and sediments from this time are common in the Sierra Nevada, Klamath Mountains and eastern Transverse ...
Galt is a city in Sacramento County, California. It is part of the Sacramento metropolitan area . The population was 23,647 at the 2010 census , up from 19,472 at the 2000 census .
9-million-year-old marine fossils found beneath California high school during construction. Caitlin McCormack. September 10, 2024 at 9:41 PM.
Walker Canyon on St. Patrick's Day 2019 during a super bloom. Walker Canyon is a canyon in the Temescal Mountains, in Riverside County, California. It lies divides Alberhill Summit, on the west and the balance of the range to its east.
Walker Pass (el. 5,250 ft (1,600 m)) is a mountain pass by Lake Isabella in the southern Sierra Nevada. It is located in northeastern Kern County , approximately 53 mi (85 km) ENE of Bakersfield and 10 mi (16 km) WNW of Ridgecrest .