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  2. California Institution for Women - Wikipedia

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    California Institution for Women (CIW) / 33.950; -117.635. California Institution for Women ( CIW) is a women's state prison located in the city of Chino, [1] San Bernardino County, California, east of Los Angeles, although the mailing address states " Corona ," which is in Riverside County, California .

  3. Women in the California Gold Rush - Wikipedia

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    Women in the California Gold Rush. Women in the California Gold Rush, which began in Northern California in 1848, initially included Spanish descendants, or Californios, who already lived in California, Native American women, and rapidly arriving immigrant women from all over the world. At first, the numbers of immigrant women were scarce, but ...

  4. Timeline of the American Old West - Wikipedia

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    1882 hand-colored map depicting the western half of the continental United States. This timeline of the American Old West is a chronologically ordered list of events significant to the development of the American West as a region of the continental United States. The term "American Old West" refers to a vast geographical area and lengthy time ...

  5. Frontier California - Wikipedia

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    GTE (1929-2000) Verizon (2000-2016) Frontier (2016-present) Website. Frontier.com. Frontier California, Inc. is a Frontier Communications -owned operating company providing telephone service in former Verizon regions. This included Southern California cities such as Long Beach, Seal Beach, Lakewood, Norwalk and Santa Monica .

  6. Calamity Jane - Wikipedia

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    Calamity Jane. Martha Jane Canary (May 1, 1852 – August 1, 1903), better known as Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman, sharpshooter, and storyteller. [2] [3] [4] In addition to many exploits, she was known for being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok.

  7. Southwestern United States - Wikipedia

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    Utah. Oklahoma. Texas. The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States that includes Arizona and New Mexico, along with adjacent portions of California, Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah.

  8. Prostitution in California - Wikipedia

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    Recent history. In November 2012, the Californian government passed Proposition 35 through ballot initiative, meaning that anyone who is a registered sex offender—including sex workers and those whose actions were not Internet-based—to turn over a list of all their Internet identifiers and service providers to law enforcement.

  9. Sutter County, California - Wikipedia

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    Sutter County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 99,633. [3] The county seat is Yuba City. [4] Sutter County is included in the Yuba City, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Sacramento - Roseville, CA Combined Statistical Area.