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The Empire 8 (E8) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III.The E8 sponsors intercollegiate athletic competition in men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, women's field hockey, men's football, men's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, women's softball, men's and women's swimming and diving ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 23:24, 7 August 2009: 650 × 800 (258 KB): Optigan13 {{Information |Description={{en|A map of the w:Inland Empire (California) metropolitan area of California, which consists of the counties of Riverside and San Bernadino}} |Source=Own work based on [[:File:California county map (Riverside County highli
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 00:00, 8 August 2009: 650 × 800 (258 KB): Optigan13 == Summary == {{Information |Description={{en|A map of the w:Inland Empire (California) metropolitan area of California, which consists of the counties of Riverside and San Bernadino.}} |Source=Own work based on [[:File:California county map (Riversid
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.
The Inland Empire (commonly abbreviated as the IE) is a metropolitan area and region inland of and adjacent to coastal Southern California, centering around the cities of San Bernardino and Riverside, and bordering Los Angeles County and Orange County to the west and San Diego County to the south.
In 1854, the town of Empire City was founded on the south bank of the Tuolumne River, one mile south of present-day Empire. It was reputedly named after New York City, the "Empire City". However, some sources indicate that the town was founded as early as 1850. The town shows on the 1852 Gibbes map as Empire.
There are three main deserts in California: the Mojave Desert, the Colorado Desert, and the Great Basin Desert. [5]: 408 The Mojave Desert is bounded by the Tehachapi Mountains on the northwest, the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains on the south, and extends eastward to California's borders with Arizona and Nevada; it also forms portions of northwest Arizona.
The Cosumnes Community Services District is the largest Community Services District in California and provides parks and recreation services and fire protection services in Elk Grove. Located in southern Sacramento County, the district covers 157 square miles (410 km 2 ).The board of directors is the governing body of the district and is ...