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Plan of the Rancho of Melijo [sic]: County of San Diego, from a reconnaissance by Chas. H. Poole, County
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913:Bakersfield
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760:San Joaquin
660:Los Angeles
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411:Engineering
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1283:Marysville
1258:Susanville
1213:San Rafael
1208:Santa Cruz
1138:Costa Mesa
998:Santa Rosa
903:Long Beach
898:Sacramento
815:Stanislaus
785:Santa Cruz
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735:Sacramento
416:Water wars
398:Since 1900
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1248:Hollister
1233:El Centro
1198:Yuba City
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1143:Inglewood
1103:Roseville
1073:Fullerton
1063:Sunnyvale
1058:Escondido
1023:Elk Grove
1018:Lancaster
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928:Riverside
923:Santa Ana
878:San Diego
770:San Mateo
750:San Diego
730:Riverside
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610:El Dorado
605:Del Norte
590:Calaveras
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509:By region
484:Railroads
464:Etymology
441:Tech boom
386:Civil War
381:Gold Rush
131:San Diego
127:Palm City
85:With the
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1288:Piedmont
1268:Oroville
1243:Martinez
1218:Woodland
1128:Berkeley
1123:El Monte
1068:Pasadena
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1028:Palmdale
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933:Stockton
883:San Jose
840:Tuolumne
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700:Monterey
675:Mariposa
630:Imperial
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532:Yosemite
517:Bay Area
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141:See also
113:and the
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27:in 1833.
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958:Modesto
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918:Anaheim
908:Oakland
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830:Trinity
570:Alameda
545:Regions
494:Slavery
489:Ranchos
1318:Sonora
1313:Colusa
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820:Sutter
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715:Orange
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685:Merced
665:Madera
655:Lassen
615:Fresno
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123:Nestor
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1364:This
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1178:Chico
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585:Butte
406:Labor
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