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  2. List of National Historic Landmarks in California - Wikipedia

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    This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in California.The United States National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources nationwide according to a list of criteria of national significance. [1]

  3. History of the mapping of California - Wikipedia

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    For instance, a Spanish map from 1548 depicts California as a peninsula, [8] while a 1622 Dutch map depicts California as an island. [citation needed] A 1626 Portuguese map depicts the land as a peninsula, [citation needed] while a 1630 British map depicts it as an island. [9] A French map from 1682 only shows the tip of the Baja Peninsula.

  4. List of places in California (L) - Wikipedia

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    This list of current: cities; towns, unincorporated communities; counties, and other recognized places in the U.S. state of California.; Information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies, and its lower and upper ZIP code bounds, if applicable are also included.

  5. Round Valley, Mendocino County, California - Wikipedia

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    Round Valley is California Historical Landmark No. 674, in Mendocino County off California State Route 162. Round Valley was discovered on May 15, 1854, by Frank M. Azbil. Azbil was traveling from the City of Eden Valley in Placer County when he found Round Valley. Later in 1854 Charles Kelsey from the City of Clear Lake traveled to Round ...

  6. Jacksonville, California - Wikipedia

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    Jacksonville, California is a historical farming town site in Chinese Camp, California in Tuolumne County, California. The site of the Jacksonville, California is a California Historical Landmark No. 419 listed on February 28, 1949. The town is now under the Don Pedro Reservoir formed in 1924.

  7. Imperial Valley - Wikipedia

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    Farther west lies the border with San Diego County and to the south the international boundary between the US state of California and Baja California, Mexico. To the north is the boundary with Riverside County and the Coachella Valley , which with the Imperial Valley form the "Cahuilla Basin" or the " Salton Trough ".

  8. Longchamps (restaurant chain) - Wikipedia

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    The chain's first location was opened in 1919. [1] Longchamps restaurants were known for their natty art deco furnishings and decorations by Winold Reiss, [2] and a number of designs for elements of their physical surroundings were drawn up by New York architect Ely Jacques Kahn, [3] originator of a colorful version of art deco architecture. [4]

  9. List of Woolworth buildings - Wikipedia

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    Broadway, Los Angeles, California: 1920 Contributing property in the NRHP-listed Broadway Theater and Commercial District [1] F. W. Woolworth Building (Hollywood, Los Angeles) Hollywood, Los Angeles, California