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Arches at Natural Bridges in 1970 A 1975 view of Natural Bridges from the south. The first inhabitants in the Santa Cruz area were small groups of Native Americans. The Ohlone were a semi-nomadic tribe that hunted game and marine mammals and supplemented their diets with shellfish, fish, edible roots and shoots, acorns, nuts, and seeds. The ...
The Arroyo Seco, meaning "dry stream" in Spanish, is a 24.9-mile-long (40.1 km) [4] seasonal river, canyon, watershed, and cultural area in Los Angeles County, California. The area was explored by Gaspar de Portolà who named the stream Arroyo Seco as this canyon had the least water of any he had seen.
The area became an immigration destination during the 1849—early 1850s California Gold Rush. a number of 19th century bridges built along the length of this South Fork's section, including the 1862 Bridgeport Covered Bridge and 1865 Purdon Crossing bridge. The Independence Trail hiking and wheelchair - accessible nature trail.
Magnesia Spring Ecological Reserve is a California Department of Fish and Wildlife–protected area of the inland desert region of California, United States. The canyon, one of the natural attractions of the greater Palm Springs area of the Coachella Valley, [2] is known for its "colorful layered rock walls and palm tree oases."
In 1977 the California legislature passed a resolution directing California State Parks to conduct a study on acquiring Chino Hills land for park purposes. A local citizen group, Hills for Everyone, worked closely with California State Parks and the legislature to create the park with an initial acquisition of 2,237 acres (905 ha).
Tide pool at Natural Bridges. Natural Bridges State Marine Reserve (SMR) is a marine protected area located at the northern edge of Santa Cruz, California, approximately 75 miles (121 km) south of San Francisco. The SMR covers 0.58 square miles (1.5 km 2). [1] The SMR protects all marine life within its boundaries.
Like the people of Mesa Verde, the residents of Natural Bridges seem to have left the region around the year 1270. [5] Europeans first visited the area in 1883 when gold prospector, Cass Hite followed White Canyon upstream, from the Colorado River, and found the bridges near the junction of White and Armstrong canyons.
The North Fork Bridge is a railroad bridge over the North Fork Feather River in the Feather River Canyon, located in Plumas County, California at the approximate coordinates of 39°42'60" N, 121°28'14" W. [1] It is the longest reinforced concrete bridge in the United States. [2]