The History Of Imperial County California Classic Reprint

Author : Harry Ellington Brook
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ISBN 13 : 9781332113163
Total Pages : 76 pages
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Download or read book The City and County of Los Angeles in Southern California written by Harry Ellington Brook and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The City and County of Los Angeles in Southern California: March, 1903 Southern California, regarded by many as the choicest section of this great country, is a little world of itself. Here, within an area of 45, 000 square miles, may be found a wonderful variety of scenery and climate. Along the coast line, which extends for a distance of 275 miles, it is cool in summer, with a constant breeze from the broad Pacific. At a distance of from 20 to 30 miles from the ocean, the breeze loses some of its power, but there is still sufficient to temper the summer heat. Farther inland, on the great plains of the Mojave and Colorado valleys, the sun rules throughout the year, and its rays in summer become somewhat too torrid for comfort, although, unlike the Eastern weather, the nights are almost invariably pleasant and cool. The scenery is also varied. There are long stretches of valleys and mesas, rolling foothills, and higher up in the mountain ranges deep canons, precipitous cliffs, and pine-clad summits, where on the northern slopes snow lingers late into the spring. The section usually referred to as Southern California includes the seven southern counties of the State, namely, Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego, Ventura and Santa Barbara. The area of this section is about equal to that of Pennsylvania, and nearly as large as England. The population, in 1880, was 64,371, or 7 1/2 percent, of the population of the State. In 1890 it was 201,352, or 16-/3 per cent. of the population of the State. Today it is 335,600, or more than 20 percent of the population of California. The growth of this section has, indeed, been most remarkable. One of the most noteworthy features of the development of Southern California during the past few years has been the utilization of an abundant subterranean water supply, which was not previously known to exist. Southern California can no longer with justice be referred to as a semi-arid section. It is estimated that during the past three years over 75,000 inches of water have been developed from underground sources, an amount sufficient to irrigate 500,000 acres of land. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.