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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.
This is a list of Hispanos, both settlers and their descendants (either fully or partially of such origin), who were born or settled, between the early 16th century and 1850, in what is now the southwestern United States (including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, southwestern Colorado, Utah and Nevada), as well as Florida, Louisiana (1763–1800) and other Spanish colonies in what is ...
1899 California elections (2 P) L. 1899 in Los Angeles (1 P) S. 1899 in sports in California (6 P) Pages in category "1899 in California" The following 2 pages are in ...
California water comes primarily from snowfall in the Sierra Nevada in the northern part of the state during the relatively short winter from about October to March. The rest of the year typically has very little rainfall or snowfall. California weather is also prone to extended droughts that can last several years. During an average rainfall ...
June 7 – Augustin Daly, dramatist and theater manager (born 1838). July 18 – Horatio Alger, Jr., Unitarian minister and author (born 1832). August 8 – Lucy Pickens, socialite, known during and after her lifetime as the "Queen of the Confederacy" (born 1832) August 22 – Caspar Buberl, Bohemian-born sculptor (born 1834).
Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. (1914–2004), U.S. Representative from California; Rex Bell (1903–1962), actor and Nevada lieutenant governor, husband of actress Clara Bow; Madge Bellamy (1899–1990), actress [2] Cosmo Kyrle Bellew (1883–1948), actor; Elsie Lincoln Benedict (1885–1970), author and lecturer
Before 1768: An enlargeable territorial map of California tribal groups and languages prior to European contact within the modern day borders. Before 1768: An enlargeable map of the world showing the dividing lines for; Pope Alexander VI's Inter caetera papal bull (1493), the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), and the Treaty of Saragossa (1529).
Benjamin or Ben Kelsey (1813 – February 19, 1889) was an early American pioneer of California with his brothers Andrew and Sam Kelsey. He was a founder, often with one or more of his brothers, of several settlements in California. Kelsey was born in Kentucky in 1813.