Orestes
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Orestes the son of
Agamemnon and
Clytemnestra, and brother of
Electra. Having grown to manhood in exile, he returned to Argos and killed his mother and her lover Aegisthus to avenge the murder of Agamemnon; pursued by the avenging Furies for the crime of matricide he fled to the shrine of Apollo at Delphi, where ultimately he was pardoned by Athena. The story is the subject of Aeschylus's trilogy, the
Oresteia.
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CalPERS Invests $100 Million With San Francisco-based Alta California Partners II.
Business Wire; 8/19/1998; 700+ words
; ...CalPERS) has approved a $100 million investment to Alta California Partners II, L.P., a new alternative investment...expected to target a majority of its investments in California. Alta California Partners II, based in San Francisco, California...
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Esteban José Martínez: His Voyage in 1779 to Supply Alta California
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The History of Alta California: A Memoir of Mexican California
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 7/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; The History of Alta California: A Memoir of Mexican California...California and was a resident of Alta California from 1825 until 1852. In 1851...suggestion that he compose a history of Alta California. It ends with Osio's narrative...
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Redwood Announces Merger of Alta California Broadcasting Inc. with Regent Communications Inc.
Business Wire; 10/14/1997; 700+ words
; ...to merge its wholly owned subsidiary, Alta California Broadcasting Inc. ("Alta") with Regent Communications Inc...are very excited about acquiring the Alta stations in Redding, California. Together with KQMS-AM and KSHA...
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RES-CARE ANNOUNCES GRANTS FROM ALTA CALIFORNIA REGIONAL CENTER.
Business Wire; 11/2/1994; 700+ words
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Conjugal violence, sex, sin, and murder in the mission communities of Alta California.
Magazine article from: Journal of the History of Sexuality; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
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Situating Mission Santa Clara de Asís: 1776-1851, Documentary and Material Evidence of Life on the Alta California Frontier: A Timeline
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Material Evidence of Life on the Alta California Frontier: A Timeline. By RusseE...one Franciscan missions in Alta California. Because it was continuously...examinations ever presented of any Alta California mission. Skowronek presents...
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Twenty-one Steps - The Colonization of Alta California.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: World and I; 3/1/2001; ; 700+ words
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The Gold And Silver of Spanish America, C. 1572-1648.(Esteban Jose Martinez: His Voyage in 1779 to Supply Alta California)(Guide to the Manuscripts Concerning Baja California)(Book Review)
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Alta California
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Baja California
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Mexican States
...an island close to paradise. Baja comes from the Spanish word for lower. (The US state of California was once known as Alta California, with Alta meaning higher.) Capital: Mexicali. Entered country: 1952. Coat of Arms: The emblem represents...
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California
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
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Monterey: History
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States
...capital of Baja (lower) and Alta (upper) California. This same year, Captain...signed in 1848, making all of Alta California part of the United States...delegates from throughout Alta California met in Colton Hall in Monterey...
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Kino, Father Eusebio (1644-1711)
Book article from: American Eras
...two missionaries to California. His mathematical abilities...is now part of Baja California in Mexico. For the...as Pimer í a Alta, now northern Sonoma...explorations confirmed that California was a peninsula and...enterprise in Pimeria Alta. The older missions...
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