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The Tracts for the Times were a series of 90 theological publications, varying in length from a few pages to book-length, produced by members of the English Oxford Movement, an Anglo-Catholic revival group, from 1833 to 1841.
The highest point in Death Valley National Park is Telescope Peak, in the Panamint Range, which has an elevation of 11,043 feet (3,366 m). [10] A group of European-American pioneers got lost here in the winter of 1849–1850, while looking for a shortcut to the gold fields of California, giving Death Valley its grim name. Although only one of ...
Furnace Creek (formerly Greenland Ranch) [4] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Inyo County, California, United States.The population was 136 at the 2020 census, up from 24 at the 2010 census.
The town prospered when Eichbaum Toll Road opened in 1926, opening Death Valley from the west. When Death Valley became a National Monument in 1933, it was decided to buy the toll road to allow free access to the new park. In 1937, a new cutoff bypassed Darwin, isolating the town. [7] The town was the subject of a 2011 documentary film Darwin.
Population density is population divided by total land area, sometimes including seas and oceans, as appropriate. [1] Low densities may cause an extinction vortex and further reduce fertility. This is called the Allee effect after the scientist who identified it. Examples of the causes of reduced fertility in low population densities are: [2]
That allowed them to adjust the census data in proportion to the relocated block's population. A first draft of 87 neighborhoods was released in February 2009. As the Times received input from their readers, they shifted where the neighborhood boundaries should be nearly 100 times. A final map of 114 neighborhoods was released in June 2009.
Location of California in the United States. California is the most populous and third largest U.S. state by area, located on the West Coast of the United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, California's population is 39,538,223 and has 155,858.33 square miles (403,671.2 km 2) of land. [1]
The Death Valley expedition was an 1891 expedition to discover the geographic distributions of plants (phytogeography) and animals in California's Death Valley. [1] It was the first of a series of expeditions funded by an 1890 act of the United States Congress. [1] The expedition included biologists, naturalists, botanists, and zoologists.