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editor — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 09:48:00 +0000

SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST CALIFORNIA 2,159,000 acres. Located in northern California, this enormous National Forest encompasses outstanding high-mountain scenery, with lofty snow-covered peaks, rock pinnacles, lava flows, glaciers, and deep canyons. Highest point is 14,162-foot Mount Shasta, second highest volcano in the Cascades. There are also beautiful lakes and rivers, streams with waterfalls, mountain meadows, areas of chaparral, and mixed forests of fir, pine, and cedar, including old-growth stands. Among the wildlife are mule deer, black bear, mountain lion, coyote, bobcat, and fox. The National Forest has five designated wilderness areas: a portion of the 500,000-acre Trinity Alps Wilderness, the 38,200-acre

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California Map

editor — Tue, 10 May 2016 04:26:00 +0000

Mexican American parents sue the school board in Lemon Grove for segregating their children from Anglo children. The court deems racial segregation among children illegal. This is the first successful desegregation court case in the United States. Chicanos establish the La Confederacion de Uniones de Campesinos y Obreros Mexicanos (Confederation of Mexican Farm Worker and Labor Unions, or CUCOM), the largest agricultural union. 1943 The Sleepy Lagoon case exposes judicial discrimination against Chicanos in Los Angeles. In the case, seventeen Chicano youth are found guilty of charges that range from assault to first-degree murder. The California District Court of Appeals

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