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California Facts/Emblems
Click the links for more information as indicated!  Learn about the animals and plants that have been designated California symbols.

Statehood Day:  September 9th, 1850, entering as the 31st state of the union.
State Nickname: The Golden State
State Motto: Eureka! (From the Greek, meaning "I have found it!", referring to gold.)
State Flag: bear flag, first raised in 1846
State Colors: blue and gold
State Song: "I Love You California", designated in 1951.  Click here to learn it!!
  State Flower: Golden Poppy (Eschscholtzia californica), designated April 6, 1903
State Bird: California quail
State Animal: Grizzly Bear
State Marine Mammal: California  Gray Whale
State Reptile: Desert Tortoise
State Fish: California Golden Trout
State Marine Fish:  Garibaldi
State Insect: California Dogface Butterfly
State Tree: California Redwood
State Fruit: Zinfandel Grape, designated in 2002
  State Mineral: Gold
State Rock: Serpentine
State  Gemstone: Benitoite
State Soil: San Joaquin Soil
State Fossil: Saber Toothed Cat
State Prehistoric Artifact: Chipped Stone Bear
State Dance: West Coast Swing
State Folk Dance: Square Dance

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More California Facts
- On January 16, 1846 the treaty of Cahuenga,(also known as the Articles of Capitulation)was signed at the Guadalupe, Hidalgo Peace Conference in Mexico.
- California's nickname "The Golden State" is another reference to the discovery of gold.
- The Golden Trout is found only in the icy streams of the High Sierra.
- The Dogface butterfly is found only in California.
- California has produced more Gold than any other state in the union.
- In size, California is the 3rd largest state in the country.
-  Mount Whitney is 14, 494 feet high and is the second highest mountain in the United States.
- Death Valley is the lowest point, at 282 feet below sea level.
- California mountain ranges include the Cascades to the north, Sierra Nevada to the east, and the coastal ranges to the west.