California Silk Center Association
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California Silk Center Association
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The California Silk Center Association was a short-lived 19th century company in the U.S. state of California which encouraged silk culture. It founded what is now the city of Riverside, California. The association was established in November 1869 in Los Angeles, but after the death of its president and only expert in sericulture, Frenchman Louis Provost, in 1870, the silk-growing scheme was abandoned. By then the superintendent of the company had purchased about 5,500 acres (2,200 ha) in the vi
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Silk_Center_Association
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2020-03-10T03:00:47Z
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