Tag: california history
member name: Jennifer F.
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December 09, 2007 11:02 PM EST --
Needles is a very interesting, fun, and historically important town on the Route 66. Located on the western banks of the Colorado River, Needles was the first taste of California many traveler's . . .
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December 01, 2007 10:46 AM EST --
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, we drove to the Grand Canyon from our home in San Bernardino, California. One of my projects this year is to learn more about the historic Route 66 so I was very pleased . . .
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February 27, 2008 10:45 PM EST --
Highway 395 which travels along the Eastern Slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains in Central California from Los Angeles to Reno, Nevada is perhaps one of the most scenic roadtrips . . .
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April 03, 2008 01:38 AM EDT --
Julian, California, a charming old gold mining town in the Cuyamaca Mountains about an hour northeast of San Diego, is a fun town to explore in the Spring when the wildflowers are in full . . .
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February 10, 2008 11:09 AM EST --
The word Manzanar brings up some painful memories for Japanese Americans who were interned here during World War II. Following the Pearl Harbor attack, the U.S. government ordered more than 110,000 . . .
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March 29, 2008 11:14 PM EDT --
On Easter Sunday, we toured the Southern part of California seeing Pala Indian Reservation and the goldrush town of Julian in San Diego County; Anza Borrego Desert State Park in Imperial County; . . .
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February 10, 2008 12:29 AM EST --
If you think the Alabama Hills, on the Eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range in California look somewhat familiar, that is because the Alabama Hills have provided the Western setting in more . . .
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August 20, 2008 12:05 PM EDT --
Goffs is an almost forgotten Ghost town on Route 66 in the Mojave Desert close to the eastern edge of California. In its heyday, Goffs was an important center for mining and transportation.
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March 05, 2008 04:55 PM EST --
The first time I saw the exit for ZZYZX on Interstate 15 between Baker and Barstow I was immediately intrigued. There is no clue on the interstate that taking the ZZYZX exit is anything more than . . .
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February 06, 2008 04:10 PM EST --
California is home to many beautiful highways taking you some of the world's most spectacular scenery. Highway 395 which runs from Los Angeles to Reno, Nevada parallel to the Eastern slope of . . .
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February 21, 2008 04:54 PM EST --
Convict Lake is a beautiful hidden lake tucked up against the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Mono County: an area of geological interest full of lakes, volcanic tablelands, high desert and glacier . . .
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March 30, 2008 09:51 PM EDT --
Santa Ysabel is a charming Indian Reservation village in the heart of the Volcan mountains east of San Diego at an elevation of 4,500 feet. Its closest neighbor is the goldmining town of Julian. . . .
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June 13, 2008 10:04 PM EDT --
Even though Barstow is a small desert community in the Mojave, its importance to travel to California has made it a cultural icon. As a main watering hole on the Spanish Trail, the Southern . . .
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July 23, 2008 09:46 AM EDT --
The Mission Inn graces the downtown of Riverside, California, covering an entire city block, with all the grandeur that a hotel built for Eastern millionaires wintering in the orange groves of Riverside . . .
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February 15, 2008 11:15 AM EST --
The first I ever heard of Bishop was when my co-worker confessed that on the weekend she drove 500 miles roundtrip for pecan sticky rolls at a really good European bakery. This was . . .
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June 09, 2008 04:45 PM EDT --
In addition to being full of interesting geological features, such as the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere, Death Valley National Park has an interesting mining history. Death Valley's . . .
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August 19, 2008 03:37 PM EDT --
The Providence Mountains rise up 7,171 feet in the Mojave National Preserve in the Eastern Mojave 60 miles west of Needles, California. Tucked away in this remote area at an elevation of 4,300 . . .
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May 30, 2008 01:27 PM EDT --
I can't really think of anything more stunning and unexpected than a desert oasis. Tecopa Hot Springs is an exceptionally beautiful desert oasis complete with healing hot springs and fantastic . . .
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