Addiction's blog: "California History, facts, and claims to fame."

posted on 08/24/2010&nbs-07:00;@&nbs-07:00;05:08&nbs-07:00;am

California People & Culture
http://fubar.com/california-people-culture/b335526-1127350

California is known variously as The Land of Milk and Honey, The El Dorado State, The Golden State, and The Grape State.
Prior to the Gold Rush, California had more Native Americans than all the other states combined.
Author Jack London , who wrote The Call of the Wild, once ran for mayor of Oakland on the Socialist ticket.
The first motion picture theater in the United States opened in Los Angeles on April 2, 1902.
Scotsman David Jacks spent considerable time marketing a popular local cheese, which in turn became known as Monterey Jack Cheese.
In 1947 a young woman named Norma Jean was crowned Castroville's first Artichoke Queen. She went on to become actress Marilyn Monroe.
The first person to personally receive a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood was actress Joanne Woodward. She received it in 1960.
During his engagement at the Fillmore West in San Francisco , Otis Redding stayed on a houseboat in Sausalito. While there he wrote his last song and greatest hit: "The Dock of the Bay."
Simi Valley is the home of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum.
California has the largest population of Native Americans, more than any other state.
California has one of the largest Chinese communities outside Asia in the entire world ( San Francisco ).
The Los Angeles area has more people of Mexican ancestry than any other urban area in the world, outside of Mexico.
California has the largest Armenian population outside Armenia ( Glendale ).