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Eureka, the motto of California on its state seal Nil sine numine, the motto of Colorado on its state seal Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono, the motto of Hawaii on its state quarter Crossroads of America, the motto of Indiana on its state quarter Ad astra per aspera, the motto of Kansas on its state seal Live Free or Die, the motto of New Hampshire on its state quarter Labor omnia vincit ...
California red-legged frog Rana draytonii: 2014 [2] Animal: California grizzly bear Ursus arctos californicus: 1958 Bat: Pallid bat. Antrozous pallidus. 2024 [3] Bird: California quail Callipepla californica: 1931 [4] Colors: Blue and gold Blue represents the sky, and gold represents the color of the precious metal found by forty-niners in the ...
The city of Eureka, California, founded in 1850, uses the California State Seal as its official seal. Eureka is a considerable distance from Sutter's Mill, but was the jumping off point of a smaller gold rush in nearby Trinity County, California in 1850. It is the largest of at least eleven remaining US cities and towns named for the ...
California's motto "Eureka" translates to "I have found it," which encapsulates the Gold Rush era that helped shape the state. Today, California remains a place of discovery, from tech innovation ...
The Great Seal, or the Great Seal of the State of California as it is officially called, is the impression made on "all commissions, pardons and other public instruments to which the signature of the Governor is required" with the attestation of the Secretary of State; the impression, with or without "wafer," is made by a master die and counter die of an officially adopted design fixed in a ...
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
California (/ ˌ k æ l ɪ ˈ f ɔːr n j ə /) is a state in the Western Region of the United States that lies on the Pacific Coast.It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California to the south.
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