THE OVEBLAXD ROUTE OGCEIST TO SAN FRANCISCO. 195 



(252 square miles), and General Grant (4 square miles). The national 

 monuments in the State are the Cabrillo, Cinder Cone, Devil Postpile, 

 T.nRs;pn PpnV Miiir Woods, and Pinnacles, and there are bird reserves 



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Agriculture is a large industry in California, and mth the intro- 



imDortance is mcreasm 



duction of more intensive cultivation its 

 rapidly. In the variety and value of its fruit crops Cahfornia has 

 no rival in the United States, if indeed in the world. Its products 

 range from pineapples and other semitropical fruits in the south 



urns 



other citrus fruits and to wme grapes that California owes its 

 agricultural supremacy. During the season from November 1, 1013, 

 to October 31, 1914, California produced 48,548 carloails of citrus 



ine. and 12,450 tons of w^nlnuts 



ahnonds. 



petroleum ranks first 



gold next. In 1913 California's output of petroleum was valued at 

 $59,581,948, nearly 16 per cent of the w^orkfs yield, and its output 

 of gold at $20,241,300. In the production of both petroleum and 

 gold California leads all other States in the Union. 



Cahfornia was formerly a part of Mexico but in 1848 was ceded 

 to the United States and on September 7, 1850, was admitted to the 

 Union as a State. Its history is full of stirring and romantic episodes 

 and should not be neglected by the visitor desirous of understanding 



the spirit of the land. 



One of the power houses where electricity is generated from the 



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milepost 

 many I 



and cuts along the railroad present varied forms of lava, breccia 



nents of volcanic material), and tuff or ash. The 

 posures are of many hues, light gray, rusty, purpUsh, and greenish. 

 At Floriston is a pulp mill, situated near the source of the wood 



from 



from 



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Floriston. ^f ^yood — four or five carloads — are used here daily. 



Elevation 5,350 feet. FloristoU is Ul 

 Omaha l,5o9 miles. 



canyon. (See PI. XLIV, A.) Reservoirs liare been 

 built in the river above the town to store water for developmg 

 power and for making ice in ^vinter. No natural ice is obtained 

 at lower elevations in California, and as the winters in the Nevada 

 desert country are not very severe thick ice is rarely formed^ there. 

 Consequently an extensive business has 



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