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  2. Yuba County Five - Wikipedia

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    The Yuba County Five were a group of young men from Yuba County, California, United States, each with mild intellectual disabilities or psychiatric conditions, who were reported missing after attending a college basketball game at California State University, Chico (also known as Chico State), on the night of February 24, 1978. [1] Four of them ...

  3. Wild (memoir) - Wikipedia

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    978-0307592736. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail is the 2012 memoir by the American writer, author, and podcaster Cheryl Strayed. The memoir describes Strayed's 1,100-mile hike on the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995 as a journey of self-discovery. The book reached No. 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list, and was the first ...

  4. Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard - Wikipedia

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    Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard. On June 10, 1991, Jaycee Lee Dugard, an eleven-year-old girl, was abducted from a street while walking to a school bus stop in Meyers, California, United States. Searches began immediately after Dugard's disappearance, but no reliable leads were generated, even though several people witnessed the kidnapping.

  5. History of California before 1900 - Wikipedia

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    On December 6, 1846, they fought the Battle of San Pasqual near San Diego, where 18 of Kearny's troops were killed—the largest number of American casualties lost in any battle in California. Stockton rescued Kearny's surrounded troops and, with their combined force, they moved northward from San Diego.

  6. Mexican Cession - Wikipedia

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    Shown is the area Mexico ceded to the United States in 1848, minus Texan claims. The Mexican Cession consisted of the present-day U.S. states of California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona, the western half of New Mexico, the western quarter of Colorado, and the southwest corner of Wyoming. The Mexican Cession ( Spanish: Cesión mexicana) is the ...

  7. Lost Ship of the Desert - Wikipedia

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    Lost Ship of the Desert. The Lost Ship of the Desert is the subject of legends about various historical maritime vessels having supposedly become stranded and subsequently lost in the deserts of the American Southwest, most commonly in California's Colorado Desert.

  8. Disappearance of Walter Collins - Wikipedia

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    Disappearance. Walter Collins disappeared on March 10, 1928, [1] after Christine gave him money to go to the cinema. Walter's disappearance received nationwide attention, and the Los Angeles Police Department followed up on hundreds of leads without success. [2] The police faced negative publicity and increasing public pressure to solve the ...

  9. History of California - Wikipedia

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    The history of California can be divided into the Native American period (about 10,000 years ago until 1542), the European exploration period (1542–1769), the Spanish colonial period (1769–1821), the Mexican period (1821–1848), and United States statehood (September 9, 1850–present). California was one of the most culturally and ...

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