User:Ejells2/sandbox

Comments from Heather:
9/25- Emilie- you're on the right track! Take a look at other regional California pages, for example the Wikipedia page for "Monterey Peninsula" and see what other sections they have and also how they have developed the sections that "Eastern California" has, like "economy" and "transportation." (What an opportunity! There's nothing at all in these sections on "Eastern California".)  Your first two sources look good. I don't know how the Ghost Towns book will help you. Can you say? Please be sure to include a work log with dates and times, okay? Oh, and I formatted these headings so you can see what your Sandbox is supposed to look like. ~Heather

10/4- Looks good. Next I suggest you copy and paste the part of your article you want to improve into this Sandbox. (You can just create a new heading for it below, the way Amanda does in her Sandbox.) Then you can have me and other professionals look at it before you move it to the Wikipedia main space.

10/22- Nice work! RE: "climate" section, please capitalize "Imperial Valley." Also include citations throughout that paragraph (not every sentence, but maybe one or two more times.) Readers should be able to tell what came from the Gale article and what from the City data. Make sense? Finally, fix the Gale link so that it has the author, title, date, etc...in MLA format. In fact, the link won't help Wikipedia readers because only Butte (and other college students) can access it when they are a current student and logged in. So omit the link.

What I'm changing:
I chose the article Eastern California to edit for my English 2 class. I feel that this page was very sparse with not a lot of information and think that more in depth information can be added. I think that points of historical interest or other man made or natural landmarks can be added. I also think more information about the economy of some of the areas can be added. Also and major historical events that happened in these areas could be added to the article.

9/29 - After researching and comparing other Wikipedia pages for other geographic areas I have some more specific ideas that I would like to add to the Eastern California page. Some of the more specific categories I would like to add are climate, parks and other protected areas, transportation, educational institutions, economy, cities larger than 50,000 population and a significance section. Ejells2 (talk) 18:28, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

Parks and Other Protected Areas
=== National Parks ===


 * Mount Lassen (3639369082).jpg Valley National Park


 * Lassen National Park


 * Lava Beds National Monument


 * Devils Postpile


 * Manzanar


 * Mojave National Preserve


 * Old Spanish National Historic Trail


 * Tule Lake Unit, World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument


 * Joshua Tree National Park

Modoc County

 * US 395 (1961 cutout).svg U.S. Route 395
 * California 139.svg State Route 139
 * California 299.svg State Route 299

Lassen County

 * [[Image:US 395 (1961 cutout).svg|25px|link= |alt=]] U.S. Route 395
 * [[Image:California 36.svg|20px|link= |alt=]] State Route 36
 * [[Image:California 44.svg|20px|link= |alt=]] State Route 44
 * [[Image:California 139.svg|25px|link= |alt=]] State Route 139
 * [[Image:California 299.svg|25px|link= |alt=]] State Route 299

Plumas County

 * California 36.svg State Route 36
 * California 49.svg State Route 49
 * California 70.svg State Route 70
 * California 89.svg State Route 89
 * California 284.svg State Route 284

Sierra County

 * US 395 (1961 cutout).svg U.S. Route 395
 * I-80 (CA).svg Interstate 80
 * California 49.svg State Route 49
 * California 89.svg State Route 89

Nevada County

 * I-80 (CA).svg Interstate 80
 * California 20.svg State Route 20
 * California 49.svg State Route 49
 * California 89.svg State Route 89
 * California 174.svg State Route 174

Placer County

 * I-80 (CA).svg Interstate 80
 * California 28.svg State Route 28
 * California 49.svg State Route 49
 * California 65.svg State Route 65
 * California 89.svg State Route 89
 * California 174.svg State Route 174
 * California 267.svg State Route 267

El Dorado County

 * [[Image:US 50 (CA).svg|20px|link= |alt=]] U.S. Route 50
 * [[Image:California 49.svg|20px|link= |alt=]] State Route 49
 * [[Image:California 89.svg|20px|link= |alt=]] State Route 89
 * [[Image:California 193.svg|25px|link= |alt=]] State Route 193
 * Luther Pass

Alpine County

 * [[Image:California 4.svg|20px|link= |alt=]] State Route 4
 * [[Image:California 88.svg|20px|link= |alt=]] State Route 88
 * [[Image:California 89.svg|20px|link= |alt=]] State Route 89

Mono County

 * US 6 (1961 cutout).svg U.S. Route 6
 * US 395 (1961 cutout).svg U.S. Route 395
 * California 108.svg State Route 108
 * California 120.svg State Route 120
 * California 167.svg State Route 167
 * California 182.svg State Route 182
 * California 270.svg State Route 270

Inyo County

 * US 6 (1961 cutout).svg U.S. Route 6
 * US 395 (1961 cutout).svg U.S. Route 395
 * California 127.svg State Route 127
 * California 136.svg State Route 136
 * California 168.svg State Route 168
 * California 178.svg State Route 178
 * California 190.svg State Route 190

Riverside County
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• US 95 (1961 cutout).svg U.S. Route 95

• US 99 (1961 cutout).svg Historic U.S. Route 99

• US 395 (CA).svg Historic U.S. Route 395

• California 60.svg State Route 60

• California 62.svg State Route 62

• California 71.svg State Route 71

• California 74.svg State Route 74

• California 78.svg State Route 78

• California 79.svg State Route 79

• California 86.svg State Route 86

• California 91.svg State Route 91

• California 111.svg State Route 111

• California 177.svg State Route 177

• California 195.svg State Route 195

• California 243.svg State Route 243

• California 371.svg State Route 371

Climate
The majority of Eastern California experiences two longer seasons, including longer drought stricken summers and more mild winters of rain. Some higher elevations experience the four seasons, winter, spring, summer, and fall. There are some areas which the weather is very diverse. The Sierra Nevada mountain range has larger amounts of snow fall, while the Imperial Valley has more desert-like conditions. The Sierra Nevada's average temperature is around 47 degrees Fahrenheit and the Imperial Valley is on average 73 degrees Fahrenheit. A record-breaking heat temperature was recorded in Death Valley, at a scorching 134 degrees Fahrenheit on July 10, 1913. With the mild rainy winters, California is more susceptible to drought, and in many parts of the state including Eastern California, there are very high fire dangers and have been past wildfire devastations.

Private Institutions

 * William Jessup University
 * Brandman University
 * SUM Bible College & Theological Seminary
 * National University (campuses in Ontario and San Bernardino)
 * Deep Springs College
 * Loma Linda University
 * University of Redlands

Community Colleges

 * Lassen Community College
 * Feather River College
 * Sierra College
 * California College of Ayurveda
 * Folsom Lake College
 * Lake Tahoe Community College
 * Cerro Coso Community College
 * Palo Verde Community College
 * Barstow Community College
 * Chaffey College
 * Copper Mountain College
 * Crafton Hills College
 * San Bernardino Valley College
 * University of La Verne
 * Victor Valley College

Public Institutions

 * California State University, San Bernardino

Economy
Most of the counties located in Eastern California are heavily timbered areas. The timber industry is a major contributor to the economy from sale of timber and forest products and the amount of jobs that it provides. In relation to this, these areas not only provide valuable income, but are also the main growing sector for the economy for recreation and tourism. In the Sierra Nevada National Forests they experience 50 million recreational visitor days per year. When California was established into a state it became one of the leading producers of these timber and forest products. Since then, it holds the third place for the top producer of softwoods since the 1940's. Out of California there were five counties that contributed to 55 percent of the wood harvested for the state, one of those counties, Plumas which is located in Eastern California.

== Cities Larger than 50,000 population ==

Placer County

 * Roseville 135,329
 * Rocklin 64,838

San Bernadino County

 * Apple Valley 73,077
 * Chino 73,077
 * Chino Hills 80,374
 * Colton 54,828
 * Fontana 211,815
 * Hesperia 94,859
 * Hignland 55,342
 * Ontario 175,841
 * Rancho Cucamonga 177,452
 * Redlands 71,554
 * Rialto 103,562
 * San Bernadino 216,995
 * Upland 76,999
 * Victorville 122,441
 * Yucaipa 53,683

Riverside County

 * Cathedral City 54,596
 * Corona 167,836
 * Eastvale 63,211
 * Hemet 85,160
 * Indio 89,793
 * Jurupa Valley 106,028
 * Lake Elsinore 66,411
 * Menifee 90,595
 * Moreno Valley 207,226
 * Murrieta 113,326
 * Palm Desert 52,932
 * Perris 77,879
 * Riverside 327,728
 * Temecula 114,327

Work Log
Sept 29th - Read feed back and researched more in depth about what other sections I would like to add to the article. I made an update to my what I am changing section. Added a work log to my sandbox documenting what changes or things I've added to my article. I started researching the next sections I would like to be adding this week. Next week I will continue working on the parks and protected areas section and the economy section. (1.5 hour)

Oct 16th - Researched and added which National Parks and/or historical sites or trails. Researched and added educational institutions. Researched and added cities with populations of over 50,000 people. (2 hours)

Oct 17th - Created the section of Major Highways and continued to add and edit Educational Institutes. (2 hours)

Oct 18th - Read, researched and took notes about the climate of Eastern California on the City Data and Gale Group Websites. (1 hour)

October 19th - Wrote the Climate section for Eastern California Wikepedia page. Added information to the Economy section of the Wikepedia page. Fixed formatting on some of the sections and added the amount of people per population. (3 hours)

October 21st - Revised my sandbox from the critique of Shalor and moved my work out of the sandbox to the Wikipedia page.

October 25th - Read Heather's comments on my article and updated what needed to be fixed and added a few images. Made sure what was moved into the sandbox was my final work.