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Pixley National Wildlife Refuge is located 35 miles (56 km) south of Tulare, California and 45 miles (72 km) north of Bakersfield in the San Joaquin Valley.The 6,939-acre (2,808 ha) nature refuge represents one of the few remaining examples of the grasslands, vernal pools, and playas that once bordered historic Tulare Lake, the largest lake west of the Great Lakes until the late 19th century.
Frank Pixley advertised the town named after him in his biweekly journal The Argonaut. [3] In the early 1890s, Chris Evans and John Sontag robbed a Southern Pacific Railroad train at Pixley. [4] In 1933, Pixley was one of the towns in California involved in the San Joaquin cotton strike, a labor action by agricultural workers seeking higher ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... GPX (secondary coordinates) Farm and Agriculture museums in California. ... California Citrus State Historic Park;
This list includes properties and districts listed on the California Historical Landmark listing in Siskiyou County, California. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
Agriculture: website, dairy farming, agriculture, includes the Antique Farm Equipment Museum with restored antique tractors, farm implements and equipment, steam engines, history of farming and ranching Kearney Mansion Museum: Fresno: Fresno: Historic house: website, located in Kearney Park, operated by the Fresno Historical Society Kern County ...
AgSTAR, sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, estimates manure-based digesters reduced greenhouse gas emissions by more than 10 million metric ...
Two rare 19th-century railroad boxcars, which are believed to have been the residence of the station agent at Allensworth, have been restored by the California State Railroad Museum and are displayed at Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park. California State Parks contracted with the nonprofit museum in mid-2002 to conserve and restore the ...
Micke Grove Regional Park is a 132-acre public park located in Lodi, California. Founded by the Micke family, the park was donated to San Joaquin County in 1938. Park features include the Micke Grove Zoo , the San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum , and several gardens.