California
The Spaniards first founded California when they wanted to increase the Spanish land area. But not many Spanish wanted to live here because of Indians. Then later Mexico fought for California and controlled the land. Then California was officially made a part of America when The Mexican-American war ended on February 2, 1848. Nine days later gold was discovered at Sutter's hill. Then a gold rush swept the Americas. Because of this California's population soared. One of the main cities in California and the capital of California is Sacramento. It is the marketing and manufacturing center for the northern part of the great Central Valley. The Old Sacramento Historic District along the river is a collection of restored buildings dating from 1849 to 1870, the period of the Pony Express and the gold rush. Also, other attractions for tourist include the California State Library, and the governor's mansion. Also the Indian museum at Sutter's Fort State Historical Monument is a top attraction. One of the two dominating cities in California is Los Angeles. It is the largest city in the state. It also passed Chicago to become the second largest city in the world. In the city there are about 3.2 million peo
Tiger Woods was born in Cypress, California. He was born on Dec. 30, 1975. He is the best golfer in the world. And many also consider him the best golfer of all time. Tiger is only 25 and holds the record for the career money total and he still has many more years to play this sport. The Golden Gate Bridge is a well-known symbol of San Francisco. It is admired because of its gracefulness and its utility. The bridge began to be built in 1931. Although it was not opened until May 1937. This is one of the largest suspension bridges in the world. It covers a two-mile gap connecting San Francisco with the rest of California. Fresno is the raisin capital of the world. Fresno is found in the San Joaquin Valley. It lies about 184 miles south east of San Francisco. The Spanish and the Mexican did not settle Fresno because it was so hot. In the 1860's it was settled by the Dutch. Then a railroad was built and it went through the city and from then on the population of Fresno soared. San Diego is the oldest city in California. It is about 110 miles southeast of Los Angeles. The San Diego Bay area was sighted and named San Miguel in 1542 by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, a Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain. Later it was renamed San Diego in 1602 by Sebastian Vizcaino. San Diego is a popular city because of its superb harbor and its beautiful setting. San Diego is the home of the just-retired Hall Of Famer Tony Gwynn. ple. Los Angeles is on the pacific coast of southern California. Los Angeles was founded in 1781 b the governor of the Spanish, at the time, California. Los Angeles has been hit by two major earthquakes and is also under pre-caution for more. Los Angeles is the home of the Lakers, the Clippers, the Dodgers and a few other professional sports teams that I cant think of right now.
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