History of California

bristlecone pine tree in Inyo County, California; oldest known living non-clonal organism

National Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark located on the Central Coast of California, United States

environmental nonprofit membership association based in the United States

Manzanar is the site of one of ten American concentration camps, where more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II, from March 1942 to November 1945. Although it had over 10,000 inmates at its peak, Manzanar was one of the smaller internment camps. It is located in California's Owens Valley, on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada mountains, between the towns of Lone Pine to the south and Independence to the north, approximately north of Los Angeles. Manzanar means "apple orchard" in Spanish. The Manzanar National Historic Site, which preserves and interprets th

U.S. company that built western leg of the first transcontinental railroad

history of the U.S. state of California

primary organizing law for the U.S. state of California

ceremony for the completion of the first US railroad line from Sacramento to Omaha

semi-independent organization

American newspaper in San Francisco: 1856-1965

buildings, structures, sites, or places in California determined to have historical significance

hall of fame of the U.S. state California

1865-1867 expedition organized by the Smithsonian Institution to Canada, Russian-America (Alaska), and Asia

Magazine of the western United States

politics of a U.S. state