CALIFORNIA 



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CALIFORNIA 



Redlands 

 Riverside 

 Sacramento 

 San Bernardino 

 San Diego 

 San Francisco 



San Jose 

 Santa Ana 

 Santa Barbara 

 Santa Cruz 

 Stockton 

 Vallejo 



Alfalfa 



Apricot 



Barley 



Cherry 



Gold 



Grape 



Grape Fruit 



Lemon 



Lumber 



Olive 



Cascade Range 

 Coast Range 

 Mount Shasta 



Colorado 

 Sacramento 



Catalina 

 Death Valley 

 Golden Gate 

 Mare Island 



LEADING PRODUCTS 



Orange 



Ostrich 



Peach 



Petroleum 



Plum 



Prune 



Raisins 



Walnuts 



Wine 



MOUNTAINS 



Whitney, Mount 



Rocky 



Sierra Nevadas 



RIVERS 



San Joaquin 



UNCLASSIFIED 



Sal ton Sea 

 Tahoe, Lake 

 Yosemite Valley 



CALIFOR'NIA, GULF OF, an arm of the 

 Pacific Ocean, on the west coast of North 

 America, lying between the peninsula of Lower 

 California and the mainland of Mexico. It 

 was formerly known as the Sea of Cortez, hav- 

 ing been first explored by Cortez in 1536. The 

 gulf is about 700 miles long; in width it varies 

 from seventy to 150 miles, and in depth, from 

 600 to 6,000 feet. The Colorado River is the 

 most important stream flowing into it. Valuable 

 pearl and sponge fisheries are located on the 

 western shore. It contains numerous islands, 

 the most important of which are Angel de la 

 Guarda and Tiburon. 



CALIFOR'NIA, LOWER, the most westerly 

 section of Mexico, a finger-shaped strip of land 

 extending south and slightly east from the 

 American state of the same name. Though 

 nearly 800 miles long, it is in most places only 

 about one-tenth as wide. It is separated from 

 Mexico proper, except for about fifty miles 

 at its north end, by the Gulf of California, an 

 arm of the Pacific a little wider than the 

 peninsula itself. Its area is 58,328 square miles. 



All that has been generally known in the 

 past about Lower California is that it is 

 largely mountain and desert, but it is rich in 

 minerals and contains several towns and a pop- 

 ulation of over 50,000. Gold, silver, copper, 

 lead and gypsum are found in the mountains, 

 and mining industries are being developed; 



since the opening of the Panama Canal there 

 has been increased activity in this respect. 

 The peninsula was partly explored by Fran- 

 cisco de Ulloa in 1539, but for over a century 

 it was regarded as an island. It was not until 

 1842 that its connection with the state of 

 California was discovered. 



The territory of Lower California, or BAJA 

 CALIFORNIA, as it is called by the Mexicans, is 

 self-governing, having a governor and legis- 



California 



Arizona 



LOWER CALIFORNIA 



lature elected by the people, but subject in 

 some respects to the Federal laws of Mexico. 

 During the revolutionary troubles in Mexico 

 beginning in 1912 it maintained an almost com- 

 plete separation. 



CALIFOR'NIA, UNIVERSITY OF, second in 

 enrollment of regular students among the uni- 

 versities of America, a coeducational institution 

 of high standards and of rapidly-increasing 

 growth, is located at Berkeley. Its campus of 

 520 acres climbs the lower slopes of the beauti- 

 ful Berkeley Hills, commanding a view of San 

 Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate. When 

 by the Congressional act of 1862 California 

 received its portion of the Federal land grant, 

 it was decided to establish a university to take 

 the place of the College of California, founded 

 in 1855. This university was chartered as a 

 state institution in 1868, was opened for in- 

 struction at Oakland a year later, and re- 

 moved to its present location in 1873. 



