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Sacramento’s Old City Cemetery has graves dating back to the Gold Rush. Who’s buried there?
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoHeadstones and monuments dot more than 30 acres of land at Sacramento’s Historic City Cemetery....
Huntington Library in San Marino is a relaxing oasis built by robber barons
Victorville Daily Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoI glanced over at Laureen, who was sipping coffee on our front porch. “You know,” I started. “I’d...
Atwater and Livingston at 100: What did these Valley cities have in common when founded?
Merced Sun-Star via AOL· 2 years agoA hundred years ago in the San Joaquin Valley, forming a municipal corporation of the Sixth Class...
A look back on the 1st transcontinental railroad
FreightWaves via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoThe Pacific Railway Act of 1862 brought about the first transcontinental railroad. Check out the photographs and illustrations that depict what it was...
Photo exhibit honoring legendary Asian American photographer Corky Lee opens in New York City
NextShark via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen Corky Lee studied American History at Queens College in New York, the young Chinese American...
Fresno has big hopes for high-speed rail to spur downtown renaissance. What’s the grand plan?
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 6 months agoFor more than a decade, city of Fresno leaders have pinned at least part of their hopes for...
Fourth graders leading charge to return big piece of history to Utah from California
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoArmstrong Academy fourth grade students and their teacher David Pendleton kick off the student-led...
Elleda Wilson: Local brevities
The Daily Astorian, Ore. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 15—Morsels from The Daily Morning Astorian, Dec. 15, 1887: —This "runaway horse" business is getting altogether too common. Scarcely a day passes without a horse running (amok) through ...
The Pioneer past lives on, thanks to the Daughters
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoEllen Jeppson, Pioneer Memorial Museum president, talks about the original eagle gate sculpture exhibited at the museum in Salt Lake City on Friday, July...
There are 46 vacant lots in historic downtown Fresno neighborhood. Here’s who owns what
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWhen James and Michelle Moyer of San Jose bought their tiny empty lot – less than a tenth of an acre...
