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(Encyclopedia) Central Valley project, central Calif., long-term general scheme for the utilization of the water of the Sacramento River basin in the north for the benefit of the farmlands of the San…
(Encyclopedia) Atwater, city (2020 pop. 31,970),
Merced co., central Calif., in the San Joaquin valley; inc. 1922. It is the processing and
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1872. It is a processing and shipping center…
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