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Almost everything aboutCalifornia The Colden State What state… Has the biggest population in America? Boasts three of America’s 10 largest cities? Grows half of all food produced in the US? Contains both the highest and the lowest points in the continental US? Is home to the oldest, tallest and highest living things? California! Capital: Sacramento Population: 36,961,664 (2009) Flower: Golden Poppy Tree: California Redwood Bird: California Valley Quail Animal: California Grizzly Bear (1953) Fish: California Golden Trout (1947) Highest point: Mt. Whitney - 14,494 ft. Lowest point: Death Valley - 282 ft below sea level Largest county by population: Los Angeles  California’s physical description: Mountains in the north and east-central boarder region Low-altitude, fertile Central Valley stretches across much of the state Cool, rocky and hilly coastline in the north Warm, sandy beaches along southern coast Deserts in the south-eastern regions California: Beginnings And the rest is history… California Constitutional Convention held in 1849 in Monterey, former territorial capital under Mexican administration Sacramento becomes capital in 1854 First transcontinental railroad completed in 1869, making travel across rugged Sierra Nevada mountains to the state safer Migration to California accelerated in the early 20th century with the completion of major transcontinental highways. California is now regarded as a world center of technology and engineering, the entertainment and music industries, and the US center of agricultural production Source: Wikipedia California Today California today is famous for… Its cities: California is home to eight of the 50 most populous cities in the United States. Los Angeles is the nations second-largest city with a population of 3,849,378 people, followed by San Diego (8th), San Jose (10th), San Francisco, California (12th), Fresno (35th), Sacramento (36th), Long Beach (37th), and Oakland (44th) Its diversity: A