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Arnold is named after Bob and Bernice Arnold, who, in 1927 opened the Ebbetts Pass Inn. Prior to that, the community consisted of two large ranches where logging was the main industry.
Union City was designated as Station No. 2 of the famous Underground Railroad, where John D. Zimmerman (1811-1879), formerly of Connecticut, was stationmaster. [6] The slaves seeking refuge were taken into a home built around 1840 by Mr. Zimmerman, who arrived in Union City from Fairfield, Connecticut, in the spring of 1838.
Map of California topography and geomorphic provinces California's major mountain ranges. California is a U.S. state on the western coast of North America.Covering an area of 163,696 sq mi (423,970 km 2), California is among the most geographically diverse states.
Slab City is located on roughly 640 acres (260 hectares) of public land, [9] near the east shore of the Salton Sea.It is 100 miles (160 kilometers) northeast of San Diego, 169 mi (272 km) southeast of Los Angeles and about 50 mi (80 km) from Mexico. [10]
Pioneertown is an unincorporated community of the Morongo Basin region of the High Desert in San Bernardino County, California, United States.It is an 1880s-themed town developed as a shooting location for actors working on Western films and TV series with businesses and residences.
Through its subsidiary Flannery Associates, California Forever anonymously purchased over 50,000 acres of farm land in southeastern Solano County, near the San Francisco Bay Area, California. In August 2023, the company announced the East Solano Plan to build a new walkable city of up to 400,000 people on 17,500 acres of land. In July 2024, the ...
Willows is a city and the county seat of Glenn County, California, located in the Sacramento Valley region of Northern California.The city is home to regional government offices, including the California Highway Patrol, the California Department of Motor Vehicles, the United States Bureau of Reclamation and the main offices of the Mendocino National Forest, which comprises about one million ...
California law makes no distinction between "city" and "town", and municipalities may use either term in their official names. [6] The first municipalities to incorporate were Benicia and San Jose on March 27, 1850, while the most recent was Oakley on July 1, 1999. [ 7 ]