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Rancho Nipomo Dana Adobe and re-enactor, 2012. Rancho Nipomo was a 37,888-acre (153.33 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day San Luis Obispo County, California given in 1837 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to William Goodwin Dana. [2] The grant encompassed present day Nipomo. [3] [4] [5] The ranch is designated as a California Historical ...
The Dana Adobe & Cultural Center or "Casa de Dana" is a historic landmark in Nipomo, California. It was the home of Boston sea captain William Goodwin Dana, who in 1837 was granted the 37,888-acre (153.33 km 2 ) Rancho Nipomo in Southern California .
Nipomo (/ n ə ˈ p oʊ m oʊ /; Chumash: Nipumuʔ) [4] is an unincorporated town in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.The population was 16,714 for the 2010 census [5] and grew to 18,176 for the 2020 census. [6]
History of Wake Island (1 C, 2 P) S. Shipwrecks of Wake Island (5 P) T. Treaties extended to Wake Island (11 P) Pages in category "Wake Island" The following 15 pages ...
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Winfield Scott Cunningham (February 16, 1900 – March 3, 1986) was the Officer in Charge, Naval Activities, Wake Island when the tiny island was attacked by the Japanese on December 8, 1941. Cunningham commanded the defense of the island against the massive Japanese attack. After 15 days, he surrendered the island to the Japanese.
Today, Nipomo — at one time one of the county’s most reasonable housing markets — no longer has many options for low-to-middle-income households. Of the 47 houses recently listed on Zillow ...
The USASSDC had been operating on Wake since 1988 when the construction of the Starbird launch and support facilities started. Now under U.S. Army control, the island, which is located 690 miles (1,110 kilometers) north of Kwajalein Atoll, became a rocket launch site for the Kwajalein Missile Range known as the Wake Island Launch Center. [133]