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The Great Reno Balloon Race (GRBR) is an annual hot-air balloon race held in Reno, Nevada, at Rancho San Rafael Park, located west of the University of Nevada, Reno. The event celebrated its 35th year in 2016. The coordination of the race is managed by a team of both paid staff and volunteers.
Rancho San Rafael was a 36,403-acre (147.32 km 2) Spanish land grant in the San Rafael Hills, bordering the Los Angeles River and the Arroyo Seco in present-day Los Angeles County, southern California, given in 1784 to Jose Maria Verdugo.
The Wilbur D. May Center is an attraction located in Rancho San Rafael Regional Park at 1595 North Sierra, Reno, Nevada. The facility comprises the Wilbur D. May Museum and the Wilbur D. May Arboretum and Botanical Garden. Previously, it also included the Great Basin Adventure, a children's park.
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Nearly 300 California communities, including Sacramento, Merced, Stanislaus and San Luis Obispo counties, permit “safe and sane” fireworks such as fountains, sparklers and smokeballs.
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View of Eagle Rock, 1900 Occidental College, founded in 1887, moved to Eagle Rock in 1914. The Spanish Colonial Revival style Eagle Rock City Hall, built in 1923.. Before the arrival of European settlers, the secluded valley below the San Rafael Hills that is roughly congruent to Eagle Rock's present boundaries was inhabited by the Tongva people, whose staple food was the acorns from the ...
Rancho San Rafael: 1784 José María Verdugo: Spain Julio Verdugo, et al. 36,403.32 acres (14,731.90 ha) January 28, 1882: 423 Named for figure of religious significance; Raphael, an archangel: Rancho La Zanja (la zanja was a local form of irrigation canal), Hahaonuput, Arroyo Hondo Los Angeles Case no. 381, Southern District of California