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Gay's Lion Farm was a public selective breeding facility and tourist attraction just west of the south-east junction of Peck Road and Valley Boulevard in El Monte, California. It operated from 1925 through 1942, when it was closed temporarily due to wartime meat shortages.
This unofficial truce, which did not have the backing of the American government and had nothing to do with the Mexican government, was honored by both the Americans and Californios. Fighting ceased, thus ending the war in California. [161] [162] 14 Jan 1847: The California Battalion entered Los Angeles in a rainstorm. [163] 15 Jan 1847
Camp Lyon, sometimes called Fort Lyon, was established March 1862 [1] as a temporary California Volunteer post located about 20 miles southeast of Arcata, California, on the right bank of the Mad River at Brehmer's Ranch, opposite Blue Slide Creek near Kneeland, California. [2]
California in World War II (4 C, 46 P) I. Wars involving the indigenous peoples of North America in California (5 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Wars fought in California"
Italian prisoners of war working on the Arizona Canal (December 1943) In the United States at the end of World War II, there were prisoner-of-war camps, including 175 Branch Camps serving 511 Area Camps containing over 425,000 prisoners of war (mostly German). The camps were located all over the US, but were mostly in the South, due to the higher expense of heating the barracks in colder areas ...
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Hundreds of California sea lions have taken over San Carlos Beach in Monterey, California, prompting local officials to close the area to people. Caution tape has been put up but crowds are still ...
Mountain lions tend to keep to themselves. But they’ve been spotted prowling through neighbors’ yards.