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1169:Simi Valley
1014:Chula Vista
989:Bakersfield
949:Los Angeles
856:Santa Clara
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736:Los Angeles
522:Present day
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487:Engineering
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375:Before 1900
321: /
309:121°29′24″W
82:, the 1848
36:José Castro
1429:Categories
1359:Marysville
1334:Susanville
1289:San Rafael
1284:Santa Cruz
1214:Costa Mesa
1074:Santa Rosa
979:Long Beach
974:Sacramento
891:Stanislaus
861:Santa Cruz
816:San Benito
811:Sacramento
492:Water wars
474:Since 1900
388:Precontact
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154:References
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1309:El Centro
1274:Yuba City
1229:Fairfield
1219:Inglewood
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954:San Diego
846:San Mateo
826:San Diego
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681:Del Norte
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585:By region
560:Railroads
540:Etymology
517:Tech boom
462:Civil War
457:Gold Rush
111:in 1868.
74:With the
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1364:Piedmont
1344:Oroville
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959:San Jose
916:Tuolumne
876:Siskiyou
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751:Mariposa
706:Imperial
701:Humboldt
608:Yosemite
593:Bay Area
555:Missions
550:Maritime
545:Highways
532:By topic
276:Archived
137:See also
92:patented
1414:Alturas
1404:Jackson
1384:Willows
1299:Hanford
1239:Redding
1224:Ventura
1189:Vallejo
1174:Concord
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906:Trinity
646:Alameda
621:Regions
570:Slavery
565:Ranchos
109:measles
76:cession
50:History
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1389:Colusa
1354:Auburn
1329:Eureka
1314:Lompoc
1279:Madera
1259:Merced
1209:Downey
1154:Orange
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731:Lassen
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482:Labor
1264:Napa
931:Yuba
926:Yolo
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771:Mono
726:Lake
716:Kern
711:Inyo
232:ISBN
207:ISBN
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