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  2. Home of Lola Montez - Wikipedia

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    Montez left Grass Valley in 1855. In subsequent years, the building was remodeled and by 1975, it was condemned. The current building is a replica of the one depicted in an 1854 sketch. It houses the Nevada County Chamber of Commerce and a small museum. California Historical Landmark

  3. Grass Valley, California - Wikipedia

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    Grass Valley is a city in Nevada County, California, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 12,860. Situated at roughly 2,500 feet (760 m) in elevation in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, this northern Gold Country city is 57 miles (92 km) by car from Sacramento and 88 miles (142 km ...

  4. Nevada County Air Park - Wikipedia

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    Litton had previously moved his company's engineering laboratory to Grass Valley in 1953. After acquiring the property, Litton spent $10,000 to repair the runway that had fallen into disrepair and partnered with local government and businesses through the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce to reopen the airport and build an industrial park in ...

  5. Harriet Williams Russell Strong - Wikipedia

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    Harriet Williams Russell Strong. Harriet Russell Strong ( née Harriet Williams Russell; July 23, 1844 – September 6, 1926) was an American social activist, inventor, businesswoman, conservationist, and leading figure of the early woman's movement. She has been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame and the National Inventors Hall of ...

  6. Funk, Boring and Other Oddball American Town Names - AOL

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    Brick, New Jersey. Established in 1850, this township of nearly 76,000 residents was originally called Washington Furnace and was part of Monmouth County. It later took its name from Joseph Brick ...

  7. List of museums in California - Wikipedia

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    Grass Valley: Nevada: Gold Country: Local history: Houses the town's chamber of commerce, visitor center and local history museum Honeybee Discovery Center: Orland: Glenn: Zoology: Imperial Valley College Art Gallery: Imperial: Imperial: Imperial Valley: Art: Juanita Salazar Lowe Gallery: Imperial Valley Desert Museum: Ocotillo: Imperial ...

  8. Nevada City, California - Wikipedia

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    After the Gold Rush: society in Grass Valley and Nevada City, California, 1849–1870. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press. Marsh, Martin Keith (2001). The Yellowjackets: A History of Nevada City High School Football (1901–1951). Grass Valley, CA: Cottage Hill. ISBN 978-0-9658240-2-6. Nevada City Chamber of Commerce. (1932).

  9. Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce - Wikipedia

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    The Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce is Southern California 's largest not-for-profit business federation, representing the interests of more than 235,000 businesses in L.A. County, more than 1,400 member companies and more than 722,430 employees.