Tearing Down a City to Build a Shopping Mall I exited US Highway 101 South at Madonna Road, squinting into the sun through the windshield of a friends borrowed truck. As I neared the Central Coast Plaza that includes Staples, Bed Bath & Beyond and other retailers, I wondered what was to become of the Dalidio farmland, just south of the shopping center. 130acres of farmland sit just ten yards from the center, separated only by the newly paved Dalidio Road. I thought about how neat it is that
This paper aims to explore the extraordinary physical features of the Golden State, California. The Golden State is defined as, “a state on the W coast of the US: the third largest state in area and the largest in population; consists of a narrow, warm coastal plain rising to the Coast Range, deserts in the south, the fertile central valleys of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, and the mountains of the Sierra Nevada in the east; major industries include the growing of citrus fruits and grapes
boomed simultaneously in New York and San Francisco at the same moment the golden spike was hammered into the ground, connecting the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad companies at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869 (American 1). North America became the first continent to be connected by railroad from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast when the Transcontinental Railroad was finished (Gale 1). The railroad was an essential component of achieving manifest destiny.
California California, just like the rest of the states of this country is unique. The large populated country known as California has history, an economy and other things that make California the special country that it is today. California’s history is unique. For example, California’s name came from a knightly romance book that was published in 1510. It was about a queen named Califia who ruled over an island paradise with black Amazons and a lot of pearls and gold near the Indies. Men were
connected the East Coast to West Coast. The tracks were 1,776 miles long, laid west of the Mississippi River. America was connected coast to coast for the first time. Construction started on May 10, 1860, and ended six years late at Promontory Summit, Utah. Before the construction even started the planning of the railroad began way early. Surveying the ground began in the early 1850’s. The first train in America started running the early 1830’s. And by the end of 1840’s the entire east coast was laid with
The Coho salmon spends its time in both freshwater and saltwater. In central California, where many Coho salmon rest every winter. Streams like this use to host thousands of Coho salmon each year. Weeks at a time two-to-three foot fish swimming upstream with schools of fish (News Deeply, 2015). Ready for reproduction for the next generation of Coho salmon. With the Coho salmon planning their trip upstream to reproduce. Few of these waterways do not have enough water for the salmon swim upstream and
United States after the Civil War. A ginormous 192,556 miles of railroad track was laid down across the nation from coast to coast. It helped the economy blossom and allowed many people to easily transport themselves and products vast distances. There was also minor political and economical setbacks because of the railroad’s construction. The building of the railroad played a central role in America’s development through its transportation, economical and minor corruption it brought forth. Further
... middle of paper ... ...w after the fur trade it's taken them about 200 years to slowly repopulate. They are one of the most diverse species and lucky for Seagrass and kelp habitats, sea otters have been making a big comeback. Cambria California has and will continue helping sea otters. Also, the Canbria SMCA will continue so. And the biggest help of all is the Endangered Species Act. They and the Sea Otter fund continue to help out the research and get contribution from taxes for The
which regions are affected by certain natural risks, document one is not not complete and does not include all natural risks of the United States, leaving out certain ones like floods, wildfires, blizzards, landslides and numerous others. The west coast of the United States is prone to a lot of earthquakes. Earthquakes destroys infrastructures that leads to numerous deaths and a long recuperation periods.
then travels south through the mountainous, temperate rainforests of the Pacific Coast Range in north-central California, before finally discharging into the Pacific Ocean in coastal California. The Klamath River Basin (KRB) encompasses a total of 5,700 square miles, draining about 17,900 cubic feet per second annually, in an hourglass formation that includes parts of three counties in Oregon and five counties in California (Bureau of Reclamation 2016).The biophysical regions of the KRB vary dramatically
On January 24, 1848 James W. Marshall found a shiny piece of metal near the American River, which changed California and eventually the whole West forever. This event kick started the Gold Rush, which would eventually become one of the most important events in our country’s expansion Westward. The Gold Rush transformed business and expanded everything in its path. The railroad came as a result from the Gold Rush in order to bring mass amounts of people, who gave up everything to have a chance at
state of California, located roughly midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco on the Central Coast. The population was 45,119 at the 2010 census.] The population of San Luis Obispo County was 269,637 in 2010. Founded in 1772 by Spanish Franciscan Junípero Serra, San Luis Obispo is one of California's oldest
Ogden Professor Bingley California History 372 2 April 2017 The construction of railroads in California impacted the state physically, socially, and economically; and ultimately helped propel California into the state it is today. During a time when masses of people were migrating to California but were doing so in an inefficient, and sometimes dangerous way, the first transcontinental railroad provided a fast and easier alternative. During the 1850's and 60's California was booming as many people
line that ran approximately 1,800 miles from Sacramento, California, to Omaha, Nebraska, where it connected with a network of existing rail lines and continued to numerous points on the East Coast. Known as the Overland Route, the railroad was built between 1863 and 1869 primarily by two companies, the Central Pacific Railroad (CP), which laid track east from Sacramento, and the Union Pacific Railroad (UP), which built west from Omaha (the Central Pacific sold the rights to construct the 132-mile line
from the Central Pacific to the east of Sacramento, where it was completed. The Union Pacific Railroad started building their railroad in 1865, while the Central Pacific Railroad started in 1863. “Congress granted both railroads large tracts of land and millions of dollars in government loans” (The First Transcontinental Railroad 116). The government soon realized that making one huge railroad would take forever, so they made The Pacific Railroad Act. It gave two industries, the Central Pacific and
participated in a great "push" to get its citizens to move to west. At first few people moved to the west, but this changed when gold was discovered in California in 1848. This caused a "gold rush" to the west coast which consisted of many prospectors seeking to find their fortunes in the gold mines of California. Many traveled to the west coast, however few actually found their fortunes.
Madagascar is extremely different place from what I am used to in California. The people of Madagascar, called Madagascans live their lives in very unique ways. Their government, ecosystem, landforms, history, economy, culture, and everyday life are dissimilar to ours, while their climate is actually somewhat similar. Madagascar is an island off of the eastern coast of Africa. Being an island, it means that it is not bordered by any other countries. It is however, surrounded by the Indian Ocean
Pony Express On April 3rd, 1860, the Pony Express started. The first rider named Henry Wallace left St. Joseph, Missouri. On April 13th the last rider reached Sacramento, California. To become a rider you had to be a brave young man, and an orphan, because it was a dangerous job. They had to be very good riders, and able to shoot good. And they must not fear Indian attacks. Every rider had to ride sixty miles at very high speed. He had to travel the 60 miles with six different ponies and in
The Franciscan Complex Introduction The Franciscan Terrane of central California represents an accretionary complex formed by long-term subduction of an oceanic plate under the Western margin of the North American craton. The Franciscan complex is composed of three distinguishable belts: the eastern belt (Yolla Bolly and Pickett Peak terranes), the central belt, and the coastal belt. Age and metamorphic grade of the belts decreases to the west (Blake and Jones, 1981). Formation of the accretionary
have risen 10-25cm (3.9 - 9.8inches) in the past century due to water input from melting ice caps (Hopkinson et al.). Sea level rise is most prominent on the east and west coast. On the east coast, sea levels have risen anywhere from six inches to over eight inches. Over on the west coast, specifically in the Southern California region, sea levels have risen 0.01 inches up to two inches according to the web article, Climate Indicators in the United States, published by the EPA. This climate change