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Fages, Pedro
(Encyclopedia) Fages, PedroFages, Pedropāˈᵺrō fäˈhās [key], fl. 1767–96, Spanish governor of Alta California (1782–91). In Mexico in 1767, he was ordered to accompany the expedition of Gaspar de…Washo
(Encyclopedia) WashoWashowäˈshō [key], Native North Americans occupying the region around Washo and Tahoe lakes in W Nevada and E California in the mid-19th cent. The Paiute were their inveterate…Waters, Alice
(Encyclopedia) Waters, Alice, 1944–, American chef and author whose advocacy of organically grown, locally produced seasonal food and of sustainable agriculture has influenced America's approach to…Stanford, Leland
(Encyclopedia) Stanford, Leland, 1824–93, American railroad builder, politician, and philanthropist, b. Watervliet, N.Y. After practicing law in Wisconsin, he went (1852) to California, where he…Westminster
(Encyclopedia) Westminster. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 78,118), Orange co., S Calif.; founded 1870 as a temperance colony for Presbyterians, inc. 1957. It has several industrial parks. Naval…Santa Barbara Islands
(Encyclopedia) Santa Barbara Islands, California: see Channel Islands.Owens Lake
(Encyclopedia) Owens Lake: see under Owens, river, California.Cortés, Sea of
(Encyclopedia) Cortés, Sea of: see California, Gulf of.Molina, Mario
(Encyclopedia) Molina, Mario (Mario José Molina-Pasquel y Henríquez), 1943–2020, Mexican chemist, Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1972. Molina was a professor at the Univ. of California, Irvine…Scripps Institution of Oceanography
(Encyclopedia) Scripps Institution of Oceanography: see California, Univ. of.Trending
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