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Soledad is a city in Monterey County, California, United States. It is in the Salinas Valley , 21 miles (34 km) southeast of Salinas , the county seat . [ 6 ] [ 8 ] Soledad's population was 24,925 at the 2020 census , [ 7 ] down from 25,738 in 2010 .
Mount Soledad is topped by a large concrete Christian cross, first built in 1913, and since rebuilt twice. The third and current version was dedicated in 1954 as the Mount Soledad Easter Cross; the word "Easter" was dropped in the 1980s. After the cross was challenged in court during the late 1980s, it was designated a Korean War memorial. It ...
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The ruins of Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad circa 1900.. Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, La Misión de María Santísima, Nuestra Señora Dolorosísima de la Soledad (The Mission of Mary Most Holy, Our Lady of Sorrows of Solitude), was founded October 9, 1791 by Fermín Francisco de Lasuén, the 13th of 21 missions in California.
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The death toll from the earthquake and resulting fire is the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California's history. The most widely accepted estimate for the magnitude of the earthquake is a moment magnitude (M w) or Richter magnitude (M L) of 7.8; [7] however, other values have been proposed, from 7.7 to as high as 8.25. [8]
Rancho Ex-Mission Soledad was a 8,900-acre (36 km 2) Mexican land grant in the Salinas Valley, in present-day Monterey County, California. It was given in 1845 by Governor Pío Pico to Feliciano Soberanes.
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