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Whitney organized the first comprehensive survey of California, and the first complete topographic maps of the state were completed under him. Mount Whitney, the tallest peak in California is named after him. The State Mining Bureau was established in 1880, and the position of State Geologist was changed to State Mineralogist.
Epps owned a cotton plantation in Avoyelles Parish and he is known as one of the enslavers of the famous abolitionist Solomon Northup. [3] The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 affected Epps less severely then other towns within the Mississippi embayment, even serving as a Red Cross Relief Camp. [4] Epps was incorporated as a village in 1939. [5]
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Pages in category "Ranchos of California" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 470 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court restored a Louisiana electoral map that has two of the state's six congressional districts with Black-majority populations for use in the Nov. 5 ...
State Route 37 (SR 37) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that runs 21 miles (34 km) along the northern shore of San Pablo Bay.It serves as a vital connection in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, running from U.S. Route 101 in Novato, through northeastern Marin County, and the southern tips of both Sonoma and Solano Counties to Interstate 80 in Vallejo.
Charles Wright, then a middle-school teacher in the Inglewood Unified School District, was arrested in early 2022 after DNA and fingerprint evidence linked him to the killing of Pertina Epps.
SR 33 north (California Street) to I-5 north – Central District, Taft: East end of SR 33 overlap; former US 399 north 14.86: Old River Road – Old River 22.80: I-5 (West Side Freeway) Interchange; I-5 exit 225: Mettler: 24.62: Mettler Frontage Road West – Mettler: 24.62: SR 99 – Los Angeles, Bakersfield