California fur rush
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Before the 1849 California gold rush, American, English, and Russian fur hunters were drawn to Spanish California in a California fur rush, to exploit its enormous fur resources. Before 1825, these Eu
A California fur trapper with his pelts
Fort Ross, Russian-American Company settlement and trading post
California golden beaver family on upper Los Gatos Creek
A group of four California sea otters
Guadalupe River (California)
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The Guadalupe River mainstem is an urban, north-by-northwestward flowing 14 miles river in California whose much longer headwater creeks originate in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The river mainstem now b
Chinook salmon spawning on the Los Gatos Creek tributary of Guadalupe River by California Highway 17 in 1996
Opening day festivities at the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens
Coyote Creek (lower right) where it flows into the south San Francisco Bay, with the Guadalupe River joining it via the Alviso Slough, and the Guadalupe Slough entering just to the west (left). The ponds between the meandering sloughs, on the left, are salt ponds A5 through A8; in the lower center, bounded by the Alviso Slough and Coyote Creek, A9 through A15.
Urban Guadalupe River lies in heavily armored concrete channel