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Matchbook cover, World War II, Uncle Sam. A "matchcover", or "matchbook cover", is a thin cardboard covering that folds over match sticks in a "book" or "pack" of matches. Covers have been used as a form of advertising since 1894, two years after they were patented, and since then, have attracted people who enjoy the hobby of collecting.
The California State Parks system ( Spanish: Parques Estatales de California) [5] is the public park system of California. The system is administered by the California Department of Parks and Recreation, a department of the California Natural Resources Agency. The California State Parks system is the largest state park system in the United States.
Bothe-Napa Valley State Park. / 38.55111°N 122.51611°W / 38.55111; -122.51611. Bothe-Napa Valley State Park is a state park of California in the United States. Located in the Napa Valley, it contains the farthest inland coast redwoods in a California state park. [1] The 1,991-acre (806 ha) park was established in 1960.
Provides access to the Castle Crags Wilderness, with its 6,000-foot-tall (1,800 m) rock crags. [ 49] Castle Rock State Park. State park. Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and San Mateo. 5,242. 2,121. 1968. Encompasses a wild forest with rock climbing opportunities along the crest of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Portola Redwoods State Park is a 2,800 acres (1,100 ha) state park in California situated in San Mateo County. [ 1] The parks' primary watercourses — Peters Creek, Pescadero Creek and their associated tributaries — converge at Portola Redwoods State Park. Tip Toe Falls is a small waterfall along Fall Creek, a tributary of Pescadero Creek.
Mendocino Woodlands State Park. / 39.32861°N 123.69833°W / 39.32861; -123.69833. The Mendocino Woodlands State Park is a group camping facility located at 39350 Little Lake Road, Mendocino County, California, seven miles (11 km) inland from the town of Mendocino. It was built as a Recreational Demonstration Area by the Civilian ...
Sutter's Fort was a 19th-century agricultural and trade colony in the Mexican Alta California province. [3] [4] Established in 1839, the site of the fort was originally called New Helvetia ( New Switzerland) by its builder John Sutter, though construction of the fort proper would not begin until 1841. The fort was the first non- indigenous ...
Stanislaus National Forest. / 38.250°N 120.000°W / 38.250; -120.000. Stanislaus National Forest is a U.S. National Forest which manages 898,099 acres (1,403.3 sq mi; 3,634.5 km 2) of land in four counties in the Sierra Nevada in Northern California. It was established on February 22, 1897, making it one of the oldest national forests.