(usually fluctuating between sixth andeighth), San Diego is the second most populous city in California.The Mediterranean climate on the coastal plain where the ma-jority of the population lives is mild and sunny, with an averageof seven of 10 days bathed in full sun. Average maximum and...
(1977). Origin and history of upper Pleis- tocene marine terraces, San Diego, California. Geo-Kern, J. P. 1977 . Origin and history of upper Pleistocene marine terraces, San Diego, California. Geological Society of America Bulletin 88: 1553 – 1566 ....
…the West Coast of the United States, for example, Charles (“Doc”) Herrold began operating a wireless transmitter in conjunction with his radio school in San Jose, California, about 1908. Herrold was soon providing regularly scheduled voice and music programs to a small local audience of ...
renaming it Greytown. The discovery of gold in California drew attention to the strategic position of Nicaragua for interoceanic traffic, andCornelius Vanderbilt’s Accessory Transit Company began a steamship and carriage operation between Greytown and the Pacific. In 1856William Walker, an American ...
The San Diego World's Fairs and Southwestern Memory, 1880-1940 Both San Diego fairs displayed a portrait of the Southwest and its peoples for the American public.The Panama-California Exposition of 1915-16 celebrated Southwestern pluralism and gave rise to future promotional events including the Lon...
History of the San Diego Clippers The San Diego Clippers, previously known as theBuffalo Braves,are a professional basketball team that has been part of the National Basketball Association(NBA) since 1970. The team was founded in Buffalo, New York, as the Buffalo Braves and moved to San Diego...
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with more than three-fourths of the state’s people living in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego metropolitan areas. Despite its urbanization and the loss of land to industry, California still leads the country in agricultural production. About one-half of the state’s land is fed...
Aviation’s role in San Diego history can be summed up in the lives—and names– of two men. One was John Montgomery. In the late 19thand early 20thcentury, Montgomery was a physics professor at Santa Clara University in northern California, but he was also a researcher, experimentor and...
We had a rainy week in San Diego so decided to venture down to Balboa Park and check out a museum. We chose the Natural History museum. It was very interesting and educational. From the gemology display to the taxidermy lots to see. One of the most intriguing exhibits ...