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“It was a splendid population – for all the slow, sleepy, sluggish-brained sloths stayed at home – you never find that sort of people among pioneers – you cannot build pioneers out of that sort of material. It was that population that gave to California a name for getting up astounding enterprises and rushing them through with a magnificent dash and daring and a recklessness of cost or consequences, which she bears unto this day – and when she projects a new surprise the grave world smiles as usual and says, 'Well, that is California all over'.”
— Mark Twain [1835-1910], in "Roughing It" [1872]
“The wild mustard in Southern California is like that spoken of in the New Testament . . .
Its gold is as distinct a value to the eye as the nugget gold is in the pocket.”
— Helen Hunt Jackson [1830-85], in the novel "Ramona" [1884]
“Come down to Big Sur and let your soul have some room to get outside its marrow.”
— Richard Brautigan [1935-84], in the novel "A Confederate General From Big Sur" [1964]
“California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.”
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Don DeLillo, in the novel "White Noise" [1985]
Official Government Links & Info
California covers 163,696 square miles {423,970 square kilometers}.
Highest elevation is 14,505 feet (4421 meters) at Mount Whitney; lowest elevation is 282 feet below sea level in Death Valley.
State population: 37.7 million (U.S. Census 2011 estimate).
The state was admitted to the Union on 1 September 1850 {the 31st state}.
The state motto is "Eureka" (I have found it).
The popular name is 'Golden State'; the state fish is the Golden Trout.
The state flower is the California Poppy; the state trees are the Coast Redwood, Giant Sequoia & Sequoia redwoods.
The state animal is the California Grizzly Bear {extinct}; the state bird is the California Quail.
State of California official website
Gov. Jerry Brown [sworn 1/2011}
former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, in office Nov 2003 to Dec 2010
Arnold Watch website {last update 2009}
General Statewide Links
aerial photos of the entire California Coastline
Just California Travel Guide
CalTrout, Inc. conservation group [est. 1970]
CaliforniaDomain directory
Courage Campaign progressive alliance
Train Riders Assn. of California
Rail Passenger Alliance of California
California Authors directory
Democratic Party of California
Black Bear Diner [chain est. 1995] {41 locations in California}
NewPages.com's Directory of Independent Bookstores for California
California Missions Travel Links Page
A Few Important People
Gov. Edmund G. 'Pat' Brown [1905-96], served 1959-66
twice Gov. Edmund Gerald 'Jerry' Brown, Jr. - served 1975-82 & 2011-18
poet Charles Bukowski [1920-94]
labor activist César E. Chávez [1927-93]
Andrew & Peggy Cherng own Panda Restaurant Group [est. 1973]
which operates Panda Inn Mandarin Cuisine [est. 1973] - five locations in California, and
Panda Express Gourmet Chinese Food [est. 1983] - 1,400 locations,
and Hibachi-San Japanese Grill [est. 1992] - 17 locations in 12 states, and
Wasabi Sushi Restaurant [re-opened 10/2013] at City Walk, Universal City
'Death Valley Scotty'
Walter Edward Perry Scott [1872-1954]
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Valley-Scotty-Bessie-Johnson/dp/1878900110/
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Valley-Scotty-California-colorful/dp/B00072Q8Y8/
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Valley-Scotty-fastest-West/dp/0870460617/
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Valley-Scotty-Robert-Carter/dp/1500330078/
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Valleys-Scottys-Castle-Scenery/dp/0916122875/
labor leader Eugene V. Debs [1855-1926]
physicist Richard P. Feynman [1918-88]
John C. Frémont [1813-90]
Wm. Randolph Hearst [1863-1951]
longshoreman-philosopher Eric Hoffer [1902-83]
poet Robinson Jeffers [1887-1962]
infamous murderer Charles Manson [1934-2017] died in prison at age 83
Henry Miller [1891-1980]
eco-activist John Muir [1838-1914]
civil engineer William Mulholland [1855-1935]
"Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct and the Rise of Los Angeles"
by Les Standiford Ecco, $28.99 hardcover, 9780062251428
bandit Joaquin Murietta [1829?-1853?]
Emperor Norton I [1818-80] of San Francisco
Sabato 'Simon' Rodia [1879-1965]
author William Saroyan [1908-81]
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Dr. Seuss {Theodor Geisel 1904-91}
California poet George Sterling [1869-1926]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Sterling
Robert Louis Stevenson [1850-94]
fictional character 'El Zorro'
Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Inc.
General Books About California
browse travel books about California U.S.A. at Amazon
 | "Southern California [Country]: An Island On The Land" [1946] by Carey McWilliams "Probably the best book on Southern California." — Robert Towne Peregrine Smith 8x5½ pb [3/80] for $17.95 |
 | "Americans and The California Dream, 1850-1915" [1973] by Kevin Starr, California State Librarian Emeritus Oxford Univ Press 9x5¾ pb [12/86] for $35.99 Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [5/73] for $55.15 |
 | "Inventing The Dream: California Through The Progressive Era" [1985] by Kevin Starr, California State Librarian Emeritus Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [12/86] for $22.50 Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [3/85] out of print/used |
 | "Material Dreams: Southern California Through The 1920s" [1990] by Kevin Starr, California State Librarian Emeritus Oxford Univ Press 9x5¾ pb [10/91] for $27.95 Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [4/90] for $61.49 |
 | "Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression In California" [1996] by Kevin Starr, California State Librarian Emeritus Oxford Univ Press 9x6 pb [11/97] for $22.45 Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [1/96] for $60.00 see also Spirit of America's 'Great Depression' [1929-39] Page |
 | "The Dream Endures: California Enters The 1940s" [1997] by Kevin Starr, California State Librarian Emeritus Oxford Univ Press 9x6 pb [11/2002] for $22.45 Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [5/97] for $48.00 |
 | "Jack London’s Golden State: Selected California Writings" [1999] Edited by Gerald Haslam Heyday Books 9x6 pb [7/1999] out of print/used essays, short stories, journalism, and fiction excerpts (from "John Barleycorn", "Martin Eden", "The Sea Wolf", "The Star Rover", "The Iron Heel", "The Valley Of The Moon" & others) Jack London [1876-1916] Page at Spirit of America Bookstore |
 | "Salt Dreams: Land and Water In Low-Down California" [1999] by William deBuys, Photographs by Joan Myers Kindle Edition from VisionIntoArt [4/2017] for $9.99 Univ New Mexico Press 10x8½ pb [3/2001] for $29.95 Univ New Mexico Press 10½x9 hardcover [10/99] for $34.50 |
 | "Chasing The California Dream: A Solo Horseback Journey Along The California Coast" [2001] by Lisa F. Wood The author traveled on horseback in 1991 along the California coastline from the Mexican border to the Oregon border, duplicating the 1500-mile journey that J. Smeaton Chase made in 1911. Lost Coast Press 8½x5½ pb [6/2001] for $12.95 |
 | "Embattled Dreams: California In War & Peace, 1940-1950" [2002] by Kevin Starr, California State Librarian Emeritus Oxford Univ Press 9x6 pb [9/2003] for $22.45 Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2002] out of print/used |
 | "My California: Journeys By Great Writers" [27 travel essays, 2004] Edited by Donna Wares, Illustrations by David Hockney, Introduction by Pico Iyer Essays by 27 California authors, compiled as a revenue source for the California Arts Council; contribu-tors include Mark Arax, Michael Chabon, Veronique de Turenne, Anh Do, Firoozeh Dumas, Percival Everett, Dana Gioia, Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Gerald Haslam, Edward Humes, Pico Iyer, David Kipen, Aimee Liu, Mary Mackey, devorah major, Rubén Martínez, Patt Morrison, T. Jefferson Parker, Derek M. Powazek, Carolyn See, Thomas Steinbeck, Deanne Stillman, Héctor Tobar, D.J. Waldie, Matt Warshaw, Daniel Weintraub & Chryss Yost Angel City Press pb [6/2004] for $10.88 |
 | "Coast of Dreams: California On The Edge, 1990-2002" [2005] by Kevin Starr, California State Librarian Emeritus Vintage 7½x5 pb [2/2006] for $12.21 Allen Lane 9¼x6 hardcover [6/2005] out of print/used |
 | "California: A History" [2005] by Kevin Starr, California State Librarian Emeritus Modern Library 8x5¼ pb [3/2007] for $10.17 Modern Library 8½x5¾ hardcover [10/2005] for $16.47 |
 | "Golden Dreams: California In An Age of
Abundance, 1950-1963" [2009] by Kevin Starr, California State Librarian Emeritus Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [7/2009] for $23.07 |
California Fiction
"Ramona: The Story of The White Man's Injustice To The Indian" [1884 novel] by Helen Hunt Jackson
 | "California Girl: A Novel" [2004] by T. Jefferson Parker A decades-long epic about two Orange County families and a murder Kindle Edition from HarperCollins e-books [10/2009] for $6.49 Harper Perennial 8x5¼ pb [7/2009] for $14.93 HarperTorch mass pb [12/2005] out of print/100+ used Wm. Morrow 9¼x6½ hardcover [10/2004] out of print/100+ used |
 | "Orange County Noir" [14 stories 2010] Edited by Gary Phillips, Foreword by T. Jefferson Parker 14 brand-new stories by Mary Castillo, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Dan Duling, Robert S. Levinson, Dick Lochte, Lawrence Maddox, Gordon McAlpine, Patricia McFall, editor Phillips, Rob Roberge, Martin J. Smith, Susan Straight, Nathan Walpow, and Robert Ward Kindle Edition from Akashic Noir Series [6/2012] for $8.75 Akashic Books 8¼x5¼ pb [4/2010] for $14.84 |
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"Land of The Afternoon Sun" [2016]  by historical romance novelist Barbara Wood A disinherited English baron and a young New York heiress marry and move West in the 1920s; they build an agricultural empire in Palm Springs when it was just a small town on the edge of the Mojave Desert. Kindle Edition from Turner Publng [7/2016] for $9.49 Turner Publng 9x6 pb [7/2016] for $15.55 Turner Publng 9x6¼ hardcover [7/2016] for $25.21 |
Other Media About California
 | "Modern Marvels: Pacific Coast Highway" [History Channel Feb 2004] U.S. Highway 101 from Seattle to the Mexican border took 25 years for construction. A&E Television Networks 47-minute DVD-R [7/2008] for $24.95 full credits at IMDb |
Northern California
Northern California Page
Northern Counties Section
Northern Coast Section
Central California
San Francisco Bay Area
Oakland - East Bay Area
Silicon Valley Area
Gold Country Area Section
East of the Sierras
California's Central Coast Section
California's Central Valley Section
Fresno
Bakersfield
Tri-Counties Area Section
San Luis Obispo
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Southern California
Southwest Restaurants Assn.
Southern California Travel & Business Links Page
Local Eateries Section
Local Government Section
Local News & Media Section
Cities & Districts Section
Other
Museums & Culture Page
Los Angeles Area Bookstores
Culver City, California: My Home Town
Culver City, California Local Businesses Page
Culver City [CA] Online Film Festival
L.A. County Beach Towns Page
Orange County Page
Southern California Day Trips Page
Catalina Island •
Inland Empire & Eastward •
Santa Clarita to Oxnard
The Desert •
South of L.A. & Orange Counties
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San Diego & Imperial counties
San Diego area
 | "The Colorado" [Vision Into Art April 2016 ] 91-minute documentary film set to music, divided into nine chapters • Co-produced, co-written & directed by Murat Eyuboglu; co-written by William deBuys; narrated by Mark Rylance DVD/Blu-ray not available • credits at IMDb • official moviesite VisionIntoArt Records soundtrack CD [5/2016] for $18.99 watch 2/2016 official trailer [2:08] online at Vimeo 'inspired by' "Salt Dreams: Land and Water In Low-Down California" [1999] by William deBuys, Photographs by Joan Myers Kindle Edition from VisionIntoArt [4/2017] for $9.99 Univ New Mexico Press 10x8½ pb [3/2001] for $29.95 Univ New Mexico Press 10½x9 hardcover [10/99] for $34.50 |
Indian Country of California
entry for Indigenous Peoples of California at Wikipedia
California State Indian Museum [est. 1940] in Sacramento, California
California State Indian Heritage Center [under construction] in West Sacramento, California
Southwest Museum of The American Indian [est. 1907] in Los Angeles, CA
co-founded by Charles F. Lummis [1859-1928]; effectively closed by the Autry Museum in 2004
local coalition to save/reopen the Southwest Museum
Agua Caliente Indian Reservation [est. 1896] at Palm Springs, California
Fort Mojave Indian Reservation [est. 1870] is 56.5% in Arizona, 30% in California, and 13.5% in Nevada
Hupa/Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation [est. 1864]
official tribal website •
entry at Wikipedia
Hoopa Valley Tribal Museum in Hoopa, California
Mission Indians Reservations [28 locations; est. 1870]
Round Valley Indian Reservation [est. 1864]
Tule River Indian Reservation [est. 1873]
Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California
Railroads of California
California Travel / Railroads Page
Colorado Travel / Railroads Pages
G.E. Nordell's Carson & Colorado / Nevada & California / Southern Pacific Narrow-Gauge Railroads Page
here on G.E. Nordell's State of California Travel & Business Links Index Page
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'list of California railroads' page at Wikipedia
TrainWeb / Tourist Railways / California website got hacked {2017}
U.P. Railroad Shortline Railroad Profiles for California
Rail Museums listing for California
Harvey House Restaurants in California {9 gone, 3 standing}
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