Wells, Nevada, in the eastern part of the state and some 550 miles east of San Francisco at the junction of I-80 and US-93, was originally called Humboldt Wells. It was a watering hole stop along the California Trail, a wagon trail route to California heading west from places like Independence, Missouri. Wells was also a stop along the original Transcontinental Railroad which was opened on May 10, 1869.
Humboldt squid are carnivorous marine invertebrates that move in shoals of up to 1,200 individuals. Their tentacles bear 100-200 suckers, each lined with razor-sharp teeth, with which they grasp prey and drag it towards a large, sharp beak. Although Humboldt squid have a reputation of being aggressive, some disagreement exists on this subject. Recent research suggests they are only aggressive while feeding; at other times, they are quite passive. Their behavior while feeding often extends to cannibalism and they have been seen to readily attack injured or vulnerable squid of their own shoal. A quarter of squid stomachs analyzed contained remains of other squid. This behavior may account for a large proportion of their rapid growth.
The county seat of Humboldt County, California is Eureka, some 270 miles N of SF CA. The entire city is a state historic landmark. Eureka has hundreds of significant Victorian homes, including the nationally recognized Carson Mansion, and the city has retained its original 19th-century commercial core as a nationally recognized Old Town Historic District. Eureka is home to California’s oldest zoo, the Sequoia Park Zoo.
The exclamation ‘Eureka!’ (loosely translated as “I have it!”) is famously attributed to the ancient Greek scholar Archimedes. He reportedly proclaimed “Eureka! Eureka!” after he had stepped into a bath and noticed that the water level rose, whereupon he suddenly understood that the volume of water displaced must be equal to the volume of the part of his body he had submerged. He is said to have been so eager to share his discovery that he leapt out of his bathtub and ran through the streets of Syracuse naked.
The California state motto is “Eureka!” It refers to the finding of gold, and was made official in 1963.
The motto of Montana is “oro y plata”, which is Spanish for “gold and silver”. The University of Montana’s team colors are gold, silver and copper.
Miners extracted more than 750,000 pounds of gold during the California Gold Rush – at today’s value of $1,277.75 per ounce, that is worth about $15,300,000,000, or roughly 4x the 2015 USA federal fiscal budget of $3.8 trillion.
In traditional European heraldry, gold and silver are the only “metals” used, and may also be depicted as yellow and white, respectively.
Wanna try that again? Remember also that there are only 14.58 ounces of gold to the pound. I get 14-Billion
NM
Playing off post #36303:
White gold is an alloy of gold and at least one white metal, usually nickel, manganese or palladium. Like yellow gold, the purity of white gold is given in karats. A common white gold formulation consists of 90 wt.% gold and 10 wt.% nickel. Copper can also be added to increase malleability.
Mexican *narcotraficante *cartels reputedly visit any new elected official or police officer with the question " ¿Plata o plomo?" Do you want our silver or our lead?
Lead, a city in South Dakota, is pronounced “leed”, which is said to be derived from an early synonym for a lode of gold ore. However, that definition of lead does not occur in dictionary.com.
There have been three warships named USS South Dakota to serve in the U.S. Navy, the most recent of which was a battleship during World War II. The next ship of that name will be a Virginia-class fast attack submarine, laid down in April 2016 and still being built.
On **April **3, 2016, A southbound Amtrak train struck a backhoe that was on the tracks, killing two track workers and derailing the locomotive, as well as damaging the first two cars.
The word “car” is believed to be ultimately of Celtic origin, derived from the Gaulish word “karros”, meaning a two-wheeled chariot.
It has come down by a circuitous route through Latin, Old French and Middle English.
The 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid sports car is among the fastest street legal production cars in the world. It has a V-8 gas engine that produces over 800 hp, and two electric motors that give the car a combined output of 887 hp. It does 0-60 MPH in 2.2 seconds, and a 918 set a Nürburgring lap time of 6:57 on the 20.6 km (12.8 mi) road course, reducing the previous record by 14 seconds, and making it the first series production street-legal car to break the 7-minute barrier.
James Dean died when his Porsche 550 Spyder, which he named the “Little Bastard”, crashed into a Ford Tudor while he was on his way to drive it in a race at Salinas, California.
Cholame, California (“show-LAM”), near to where that accident occurred, is a tiny town located near the junction of California State Routes 46 and 41. A section of California State Route 41 is named after Edward Gardner Lewis, an American magazine publisher, land development promoter, and visionary political activist. He founded University City, Missouri.
The University of Missouri’s main campus is not in University City, or in St. Louis or Kansas City or the capital, Jefferson City, but in Columbia, Missouri.