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  2. Uncle Tom's Cabin - Wikipedia

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    Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S., and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the [American] Civil War". [1] [2] [3]

  3. Toms Place, California - Wikipedia

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    Toms Place (formerly Hans Lof's) [2] is an unincorporated community in Mono County, California. [1] It is located on Rock Creek 10 miles (16 km) east of Mount Morrison, [2] at an elevation of 7090 feet (2161 m). [1] The ZIP Code is 93546. [3] Hans Lof started a resort at the place called Hans Lof's in 1919. [2]

  4. Sorensen's Resort - Wikipedia

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    Sorensen's Resort is a mountain resort located just east of Hope Valley in Alpine County, California.Situated on a wide meadow in the upper reaches of Woodfords Canyon alongside the West Fork of the Carson River, the resort consists of a cluster of more than 30 wooden cabins of various sizes and configurations. [1]

  5. Peninsula Mile Houses - Wikipedia

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    In the 1850s Gold Rush California, the Sierra Nevada foothills had a network of Mile Houses referring to the distance to Sacramento, at 4,5,10,12,14,16,18,26, and 40 miles. [ 2 ] The need for a stagecoach line between San Francisco and San Jose was spurred by rapid growth in the San Francisco Bay Area during the California Gold Rush .

  6. Uncle Tom - Wikipedia

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    The popular negative connotations of "Uncle Tom" have largely been attributed to the numerous derivative works inspired by Uncle Tom's Cabin in the decade after its release, rather than to the original novel itself, whose title character is a more positive figure. [4]

  7. Allensworth, California - Wikipedia

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    Allensworth is an unincorporated community in Tulare County, California. [2] Established by Allen Allensworth in 1908, the town was the first in California to be founded, financed, and governed by African-Americans. [3] The original townsite is designated as Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park. The 2020 United States census reported ...

  8. San Bruno, California - Wikipedia

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    Paving of California's first state highway, El Camino Real, began in 1912 in front of San Bruno's Uncle Tom's Cabin; the highway is now designated as State Route 82. The adjoining San Francisco International Airport opened in early 1927 and included a Weather Bureau station, now operated by the National Weather Service.

  9. Wood Colony, California - Wikipedia

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    California's largest and oldest walnut tree is in Wood Colony on the corner of Dakota and North avenues was planted by early settler, Jacob Cover. [5] Cover planted the first walnut orchard in Stanislaus County.Stanislaus Stepping Stones Newsletter. [6] The first Wood Colony Country Fair and Colony Tour was held on Saturday, August 16, 2014. [7]

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