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Paso Robles is at the major crossroads of U.S. Highway 101 and State Highway 46, about halfway between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. Paso Robles is currently served by one freeway and two highways: U.S. Route 101 (US 101) is the most heavily traveled road-transportation arterial for the city of Paso Robles. US 101 runs in a north ...
The Spanish Wikipedia (Spanish: Wikipedia en español) is a Spanish-language edition of Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia. It has 1,994,586 articles. It has 1,994,586 articles. Started in May 2001, it reached 100,000 articles on 8 March 2006, and 1,000,000 articles on 16 May 2013.
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California to the south.
San Miguel (Spanish for "St. Michael") is a unincorporated community in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,336. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined San Miguel as a census-designated place (C
The 1835 Manifiesto a la República Mejicana, by José Figueroa, was the first book published in California (from Culture of California) Image 28 Forces raising the U.S. flag over the Monterey Customhouse following their victory at the Battle of Monterey (from History of California )
The name of California and its ruler Queen Calafia originate in Las Sergas de Esplandián, a 1510 Spanish chivalric epic written by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo.. The name of California has its origin in the Spanish epic Las sergas de Esplandián ("The Adventures of Esplandián"), written by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. [17]
Cajon Pass (/ k ə ˈ h oʊ n /; Spanish: Puerto del Cajón or Paso del Cajón) [2] [3] is a mountain pass between the San Bernardino Mountains to the east and the San Gabriel Mountains to the west in Southern California. Created by the movements of the San Andreas Fault, it has an elevation of 3,777 ft (1,151 m). [1]
In 1834 Rancho Monte del Diablo (present day Concord, California) was confirmed with 17,921 acres (72.5 km 2) to Salvio Pacheco (born July 15, 1793, died 1876). The Pacheco family settled at the Rancho in 1846 (between the Pacheco shipping port townsite and Clayton area, and including much of Lime Ridge).