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Harmony was founded in 1869 around several dairy ranches and a creamery. The operation changed hands repeatedly because of rivalries that led to a killing. In 1907, owners and ranchers agreed to call off their feud and called the town by its present name as a symbol of their truce. The Harmony Valley Dairy Co-op was founded in 1901.
Timelines of cities in California (14 P) A. History of Alameda, California (1 C, 3 P) ... History of San Jose, California; History of Santa Barbara, California ...
Pages in category "Timelines of cities in California" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... California history; Timeline of San Diego;
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).
The death toll from the earthquake and resulting fire is the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California's history. The most widely accepted estimate for the magnitude of the earthquake is a moment magnitude (M w) or Richter magnitude (M L) of 7.8; [7] however, other values have been proposed, from 7.7 to as high as 8.25. [8]
Historic meeting hall at Dolores and 8th street in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. The Post 512 clubhouse and its facilities are open to all legionnaires. The Alvin B. Chapin Memorial Hall is used for special events and civic functions. The building was registered with the California Register of Historical Resources on January 28, 2002. Carmel ...
The 1562 map of the Americas, created by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez, which applied the name California for the first time.. California was the name given to a mythical island populated only by beautiful Amazon warriors, as depicted in Greek myths, using gold tools and weapons in the popular early 16th-century romance novel Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián) by ...
Harmony Grove Church is a rare surviving example of an early Protestant brick church in California's Central Valley. [3] The single-story brick building originally had a flat roof, and was built in Greek Revival style in 1859. A brick pediment was added in 1868, contributing to a Gothic appearance. [4]