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Rehart, Catherine Morison (2000). "Francisco Pacheco".
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746:"Pacheco Pass (AVA): Appellation Description"
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1298:Roads in Santa Clara County, California
728:Windpower Engineering & Development
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463:Pacheco Pass American Viticultural Area
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1073:– Located 12 miles east of Visalia.
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1223:Mission San Fernando Rey de España
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589:. University of the Pacific.
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1057:Head of Cross Creek Station
785:Sheehan, Tim (2014-07-24).
748:. Retrieved Jan. 24, 2008.
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273:Francisco Pérez Pacheco
261:Francisco Pérez Pacheco
225:California Coast Ranges
87:California Coast Ranges
1238:Santa Monica Mountains
1035:Elkhorn Spring Station
679:, accessed 2022-09-01.
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1157:French John's Station
1132:Sink of Tejon Station
944:Mountain View Station
901:1st Division Stations
607:San Jose Mercury-News
346:Saint Louis, Missouri
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977:Pacheco Pass Station
959:Seventeen Mile House
479:Pacheco Pass Tunnels
431:Gianelli Power Plant
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338:Pacheco Pass Station
321:California Gold Rush
120:37.06639; -121.21861
1308:La Vereda del Monte
1219:San Fernando Valley
1099:Posey Creek Station
995:Lone Willow Station
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1078:Tule River Station
970:Gilroy, California
774:on March 29, 2015.
712:Pacheco State Park
639:. October 14, 1858
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1118:Bakersfield
1050:Kings River
1028:Fresno City
465:is nearby.
237:Watsonville
118: /
93:Coordinates
65:SR 152
1277:Categories
1164:Mud Spring
1143:Tejon Pass
1139:Fort Tejon
1114:Kern River
846:2017-08-27
821:2017-08-27
796:2017-08-27
791:Fresno Bee
698:2012-09-09
663:2012-09-09
643:2012-09-09
526:2012-10-09
502:References
277:Californio
265:Californio
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1039:Riverdale
1010:Dos Palos
999:Los Banos
930:San Mateo
922:San Bruno
452:repowered
373:Los Banos
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103:37°3′59″N
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732:Archived
485:See also
448:windfarm
421:and the
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216:and the
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309:Spanish
295:History
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