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  2. List of California state symbols - Wikipedia

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    California red-legged frog Rana draytonii: 2014 [2] Animal: California grizzly bear Ursus arctos californicus: 1958 Bat: Pallid bat. Antrozous pallidus. 2024 [3] Bird: California quail Callipepla californica: 1931 [4] Colors: Blue and gold Blue represents the sky, and gold represents the color of the precious metal found by forty-niners in the ...

  3. History of California - Wikipedia

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    The 1562 map of the Americas, created by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez, which applied the name California for the first time.. California was the name given to a mythical island populated only by beautiful Amazon warriors, as depicted in Greek myths, using gold tools and weapons in the popular early 16th-century romance novel Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián) by ...

  4. California Statehood Act - Wikipedia

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    An Act for the Admission of the State of California into the Union was the formal title given to the Congressional legislation passed by the 31st Congress, and signed by President Millard Fillmore on September 9, 1850, which admitted California as the 31st state to the Union.

  5. Outline of California - Wikipedia

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    An Act for the Admission of the State of California; State of California becomes 31st state admitted to the United States of America on September 9, 1850 Rail transport in California since 1856; Pony Express, 1860–1861; American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865 California in the American Civil War; First Transcontinental Telegraph ...

  6. History of the mapping of California - Wikipedia

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    Mount Whitney, the tallest peak in California is named after him. The State Mining Bureau was established in 1880, and the position of State Geologist was changed to State Mineralogist. In 1891, the first state geologic map showing eight color stratigraphic regions was published. The second geologic map of the state was published in 1916 and ...

  7. In photos: Wildfires rage through Southern California fueled ...

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    California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Tuesday after the Palisades Fire started that morning in the hills north of Malibu. Photos below show flames from the wildfires engulfing ...

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  9. Rural counties in California, Illinois push to secede from ...

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    A movement in a myriad of rural counties across deep blue states such as Illinois and California to split off and form new states appears to be gaining some steam in the wake of the Nov. 5 election.