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“Miners, gamblers and business continued to flood the area and by 1879, Bodie boasted a population of about 10,000 and 2,000 buildings. Before long the town supported some 30 gold mines, 65 saloons, numerous brothels, gambling halls, and opium dens, as well, as a number of legitimate businesses, including three newspapers, several churches, a couple […]
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The Log Cabin Mine is located at 9,600‘ in the Eastern Sierra Nevadas above the town of Lee Vining. The state-of-the-art mine was opened in 1910 and could extract and process the gold from the quartz ore, making it one of the highest-producing mines in California. The mine operated for around 30 years but was […]
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The Mojave Road was first used by the Mojave Indians who traveled the route to trade small quantities of foodstuffs for seashells with the indigenous people along the Pacific Coast. In 1776, Spaniard Fr. Francisco Garcés (OFM) followed the trail to the New Spanish Mission San Gabriel. Other explorers and surveyors included Jedediah Smith, John […]
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The Sonoma Raceway, a.k.a. Sears Point Raceway a.k.a. Infineon Raceway, played host to the 2016 NASCAR Toyota/Save Mart 350. Since Fox Sports Network and an army of pro photographers take great action photos, this is merely a collection of alternate views of the raceway. Hot track-aside, we had pretty much unlimited access to the facility. […]
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Last weekend, Dave and Irene and Carol and I went to Santa Cruz Island to volunteer with the Friends of the Island Fox to help remove non-native, invasive plants from the island, specifically, the oyster plant. In addition to the super-fun weed picking experience, we got to see and experience and learn many new things. […]
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At first we heard the black and white LAPD helicopter circling over the office. Then we heard commands blaring over a loud speaker. In front of the office, on Abbot Kinney Blvd., the LAPD had pulled over six men, which we later learned, were allegedly driving a stolen car. The cops were professional, and all […]
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“The World That The Children Made,” a mural by Brian Farrell, is located on the east wall of Plant Food and Wine, 1009 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, 90291.
