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  2. 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) west of Reno.

  3. Monterey State Historic Park - Wikipedia

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    Monterey State Historic Park. /  36.59972°N 121.89361°W  / 36.59972; -121.89361. Monterey State Historic Park is a historic state park in Monterey, California. It includes part or all of the Monterey Old Town Historic District, a historic district that includes 17 contributing buildings and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970.

  4. Home of Lola Montez - Wikipedia

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    Front facade, Lola Montez Home. / 39.21657; -121.06401. The Home of Lola Montez is located in downtown Grass Valley, California at 248 Mill Street. Lola Montez, the internationally known singer and dancer, moved here in 1853, and this is the only home she ever owned. [1] [2] [3]

  5. Asilomar State Beach - Wikipedia

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    Asilomar State Beach. /  36.62000°N 121.93806°W  / 36.62000; -121.93806. Asilomar State Beach, officially Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds State Park, is a state park unit of California, United States. It provides public access to rocky coast and dune habitat on the Monterey Peninsula. The property includes the Asilomar ...

  6. Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival - Wikipedia

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    The KFRC Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival was an event held June 10 and 11, 1967, at the 4,000-seat Sidney B. Cushing Memorial Amphitheatre high on the south face of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California. Although 20,000 tickets were reported to have been sold for the event, as many as 40,000 people may have actually ...

  7. Empire Mine State Historic Park - Wikipedia

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    Empire Mine State Historic Park. /  39.20361°N 121.04278°W  / 39.20361; -121.04278. Empire Mine State Historic Park is a state-protected mine and park in the Sierra Nevada mountains in Grass Valley, California, U.S. The Empire Mine is on the National Register of Historic Places, a federal Historic District, and a California Historical ...

  8. Grass Valley Wilderness - Wikipedia

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    Grass Valley Wilderness is a wilderness area in San Bernardino County, California, near Ridgecrest. It mainly consists of low-lying hills and flat desert covered by vegetation typical of the Mohave Desert , like creosote bush , desert scrub , and isolated stands of Joshua trees .

  9. California Historical Landmarks in Nevada County - Wikipedia

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    Discovery of Gold at Gold Hill. Jenkins St. & Hocking Ave. 39°12′47″N 121°04′09″W. /  39.213056°N 121.069167°W  / 39.213056; -121.069167  ( Discovery of Gold at Gold Hill) Grass Valley. Donner Monument. 134. Donner Monument. Donner Memorial State Park.