Statehood: September
9th 1850 (31st State)
State Song: "I Love You,
California" (1951)
State Bird:
California
valley quail (1931)
State Tree:
California
redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens & Sequoiadendron giganteum) (1937, 1953)
State Flower: Golden Poppy (eschscholtzia californica)
State Animal:
California
grizzly bear (1953);
State Fish:
California
golden trout (1947);
State Colors: blue and gold (1951)
State Marine Mammal: Gray Whale
State Reptile: Desert Tortoise
State Insect:
California
Dog-face Butterfly
State Fish: Golden Trout
State Grass: Purple-needle grass
State Rock: Serpentinite
State Mineral: Gold
State Gem: Benitoite
State Nickname: The
Golden
State
:
State
California
's Motto:
Eureka
(I have found it):
Highest Point:
Mt. Whitney
, 14,495 feet (4,418 m) above sea level
Lowest Point: Death Valley, 282 feet
(86 m) below sea level [this is the lowest point in the
Western Hemisphere
]
Largest cities: Los Angeles, 3,844,829;
San Diego, 1,255,540; San Jose, 912,332; San Francisco, 739,426; Long Beach, 474,014;
Fresno, 461,116; Sacramento, 456,441; Oakland, 395,274; Santa Ana, 340,368; Anaheim,
331,804:
Famous Californians:
Marcus Allen football player San Diego
Luis Walter Alvarez inventor, San Francisco
Gertrude Atherton author, San Francisco
David Belasco playwright and producer, San Francisco
Shirley Temple Black actress, ambassador, Santa Monica
Robert Bower inventor, Santa Monica
Dave Brubeck musician, Concord
Julia Child chef, television, Pasadena
Coolio rap artist, Los Angeles
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