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Drew Lewis. Andrew Lindsay Lewis Jr. (November 3, 1931 – February 10, 2016), generally known as Drew Lewis, was an American businessman and politician from the state of Pennsylvania. He was United States Secretary of Transportation in the first portion of the administration of U.S. President Ronald W. Reagan, and is best known for presiding ...
The Hatfield–McCoy feud is featured in a musical comedy dinner show in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Hatfield–McCoy production (July 2012) In 2002, Bo and Ron McCoy brought a lawsuit to acquire access to the McCoy Cemetery which holds the graves of six family members, including five slain during the feud. The McCoys took on a private property ...
Olompali State Historic Park is a 700-acre (2.8 km 2) California State Park in Marin County, California. It consists of the former Rancho Olómpali and was the site of the famed Battle of Olómpali during the Bear Flag Revolt. Rancho Olómpali was purchased by the Californian government in 1977, which turned it into a public park.
Esther McCoy (November 18, 1904 – December 30, 1989) was an American author and architectural historian who was instrumental in bringing the modern architecture of California to the attention of the world.
Hinkley groundwater contamination. From 1952 to 1966, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) dumped about 370 million gallons (1,400 million litres) of chromium -tainted wastewater into unlined wastewater spreading ponds around the town of Hinkley, California, located in the Mojave Desert about 120 miles north-northeast of Los Angeles. [1] [2]
The ranchos established permanent land-use patterns. The rancho boundaries became the basis for California's land survey system, and are found on modern maps and land titles. The "rancheros" (rancho owners) patterned themselves after the landed gentry of New Spain, and were primarily devoted to raising cattle and sheep.
Montecito, California. / 34.433°N 119.633°W / 34.433; -119.633. Montecito ( Spanish for 'little mountain') is an unincorporated town in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. [6] [7] [8] Located on the Central Coast of California, Montecito sits between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
Podocarpus henkelii subsp. ensiculus (Melville) Silba (2010) Podocarpus henkelii ( Henkel's yellowwood, Afrikaans: Henkel-se-Geelhout, Xhosa: Umsonti, Zulu: Umsonti) [3] is a South African species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is grown ornamentally in gardens for its strikingly neat, attractive form and its elegant, drooping foliage.