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Sunland-Tujunga / t ə ˈ h ʌ ŋ ɡ ə / is a Los Angeles city neighborhood within the Crescenta Valley and Verdugo Mountains. [1] Sunland and Tujunga began as separate settlements and today are linked through a single police station, branch library, neighborhood council, chamber of commerce, city council district, and high school. [2]
The Sunland Big Baobab became a popular tourist attraction after 1993 when the owners of Sunland farm established a bar and wine cellar in its hollow trunk. [5] The hollow centre of the tree was cleared of a substantial compost layer to uncover the floor at about a meter below the present ground level.
With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Tujunga was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852, [ 9 ] [ 10 ] and the grant was patented to Alexander ...
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Whitney organized the first comprehensive survey of California, and the first complete topographic maps of the state were completed under him. 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.
It appears that baobab seed pods floated from Madagascar to mainland Africa, located about 250 miles (400 km) to the west, and to Australia, situated more than 4,000 miles (nearly 7,000 km) to the ...
Adansonia digitata (baobab) The Honnet Giant One of the five biggest baobab in South Africa. Height: 16 m Honnet Nature Reserve, Tshipise, Limpopo 90 Corymbia ficifolia (red flowering gum) The Wolfskloof Tree Very large landmark tree on a farm; 170 years old. Height: 34.5 m Wolfkloof Farm, Robertson District, Western Cape 91