The Republic of California was admitted to the United States of America as “California” becoming the 31st state on September 9, 1850.
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A GORGEOUS time-lapse of our beautiful state like you’ve probably never seen it. It took four years to put this together; “The average clip took 1-3 hours to film and another 3-10 hours to edit. Several cuts are from clips more than 24 hours long. I shot 423 clips over four years to make this, but the majority of the 67 clips ultimately used were shot in the last 12 months.” – Hal Bergman
Take four minutes and watch this awesome video!
Congratulations on your quasi … quenti … quadralater … err, Happy Quasquicentennial!
Yep, the county I was born in and grew up in is now way old. Way, way old. Here’s a bit of a look back at Orange County, California:
On this date back in 1889 Orange County was officially formed
In celebration of this event, the Orange County Board of Supervisors has approved “OC125” – the official name for the observance.
The territory known as the California Republic officially became the State of California, the 31st state in the United States of America, on September 9, 1850.
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not a scientist. I’m just a guy who believes in conservation and making California the best it can be. Now that we’re three years into below-average rainfall in California and even the sluggish state government has decided that we’re in a drought, it’s time to look at ways to conserve water. It’s something we should have been doing for years, but … well, we’ve been too busy trying to decide what marriage is while we’re riding on the high speed rail train to bankruptcy.
There’s a program that’s just getting started that helps put money towards California’s museums and lets you let everyone know you love Snoopy. If you’re a beagle lover, this is definitely something you should look into. From the press release:
SNOOPY LICENSE PLATES NOW AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
Proceeds to benefit California museums
A program is now fully underway to put the beloved beagle on California license plates, and help fund the state’s museums at the same time. The special license plate, available for pre-order now at www.snoopyplate.com, will feature a reproduction of an original drawing of Snoopy by Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schulz.