State Name:
California
Capital:
Sacramento
Date of Entry:
September 9, 1850
Maps:
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| Map of USA. California outlined in dark ink & with name written on it. |
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| A close-up of California & its neighbors. |
Neighbors:
Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, Mexico
Water Borders:
Lake Tahoe, Colorado River, Pacific Ocean, San Francisco Bay
Total Area:
163,696 square miles
Five Largest Cities:
Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Fresno
Famous Geographical Point:
Mt. Whitney
State Nickname:
The Golden State. Well, California first experienced explosive population growth after gold was discovered here. Also, the state is known for its sunsets & fields of poppies (the state flower). And apparently, gold is one of our official state colors!
Famous Person:
Ansel Adams, landscape photographer & environmentalist
Book Set In/About:
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Set in Salinas Valley, this novel follows the lives of two intertwined families, with strong parallels to Biblical tales.
Movie Set In/About:
“Shelter” (2007), directed by Jonah Markowitz
A young man who’s given up his dreams of art school to help raise his nephew finds himself slowly falling for his best friend’s older brother. I chose this film not only because it’s beautiful but also because each of the main characters represents a different side of SoCal, one poor, one wealthy.
Headline of the Day:
“California Governor Signs Executive Order Stopping State's Death Penalty for Now” on cnn.com.
I had not heard the death penalty was halted in California.
ReplyDeleteI love how big the state is, both population-wise and geographically. It seems like a great state to live in because its size can encompass so much!
Yeah, I think that's the thing people don't understand about California. They think it's this liberal hippie beach surfing Utopia, when in fact it's massively diverse in pretty much every way imaginable: geographically, politically, racially, etc.
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