From John W.Cobb <cobbjw at ornl dot gov>: "I used to live in Austin, TX in the 1985-1993 timeframe. I never heard the term Silicon Gulch used for Austin by Austinites. It is mainly a term used by those outside of Austin to refer to Austin, IMO. The term I heard used most ...
The City of Anaheim in Orange County was founded by 50 German-Americans from San Francisco. After traveling the state looking for a suitable area to grow grapes, they bought land from Rancho San Juan Cajon de Santa Ana for $2 per acre. Anaheim (1879). Labor in 1945 A six-month strike ...
The Santiago Canyon Fire in Orange County was one of 23 wildfires whipped by Santa Ana winds across Southern California. One person near San Diego died, homes and a church destroyed in Malibu. The Buckweed fire burned 38,000 acres in the Santa Clarita area, north of Los Angeles. A child ...
The legacy of Harriet Tubman lives on at the Harriet Tubman Home in Auburn, New York. Originally purchased by Tubman in 1859, this historic site is dedicated to educating visitors about her revolutionary work as an abolitionist. Take a tour and learn about the 13 missions Tubman made to free...
Rick Barry, of the San Francisco Warriors, began a free throw streak of 60, the longest in NBA history at the time. Rick Barry. San Diego Fires radar 2007. Fires in 1996 Firestorms burned 35,000 acres in Malibu and San Diego County, destroying more than 60 homes. ...