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2. California gold rush - Wikipedia

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   Californian native Francisco Lopez was searching for stray horses and stopped on the bank of a small creek (in today's Placerita Canyon), about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of present-day Newhall, and about 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Los Angeles. While the horses grazed, Lopez dug up some wild onions and found a small gold nugget in the roots among ...

3. Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center - Wikipedia

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   Falls Creek is the home of Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center. The former B. B. McKinney Chapel in Falls Creek was named in honor of Baylus Benjamin McKinney, the Louisiana native and Christian singer and composer of 149 gospel hymns. It was demolished in 2003-2004 for the construction of the new R.A. Young Tabernacle.

4. List of places in the United States named after people ...

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   Chivington, Colorado – John Chivington (soldier and perpetrator of the Sand Creek massacre) [130] Choteau, Montana – Auguste and Pierre Chouteau (founders of St. Louis, Missouri) (note the spelling) [130] Christiana, Delaware and Christiana, Pennsylvania – Queen Christina of Sweden [130] Christiansted – Christian VI of Denmark

5. Alexis Creek, British Columbia - Wikipedia

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   The small unincorporated settlement of Alexis Creek has the following services: British Columbia Forestry Service (now BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resources Operations, and Rural Development) field office, the Alexis Creek School (elementary grades), a highways maintenance yard, a small detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ...