State Bird:California Valley Quail
State Flower: Golden Poppy
Statehood: September 9, 1850, the thirty-first state
"The Golden State" derived its nickname from the golden sunshine
and the vast amounts of precious metal found during the gold rush of 1849.
Two of the largest U.S. cities, Los Angeles and San Francisco are rich in
universities, research laboratories and engineering firms.
The capital at Sacramento of beautiful Roman Corinthian architecture was
completed in 1874 at a cost of $10,204,000 and expanded in 1951.
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