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Although Hollister Co. was founded in 2000, Abercrombie & Fitch has created a fictional history surrounding its founder. According to this history, John Hollister, Sr. emigrated from New York City to the Dutch East Indies, and established the company bearing his name upon returning to the United States and settling in California in 1922. [5]
Hollister, California. / 36.85250°N 121.40167°W / 36.85250; -121.40167. Hollister is a city in and the county seat of San Benito County, located in the Central Coast region of California, United States. With a 2020 United States census population of 41,678, [ 6] Hollister is one of the largest cities in the Monterey Bay Area and a ...
The Hollister riot, also known as the Hollister Invasion, [ 4] was an event that occurred at the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA)-sanctioned Gypsy Tour motorcycle rally in Hollister, California, from July 3 to 6, 1947. More motorcyclists than expected flooded the small town to watch the annual rallies, as well as socialize and drink.
Calaveras Fault creep in downtown Hollister in April 2009. The Calaveras Fault is a major branch of the San Andreas Fault System that is located in northern California in the San Francisco Bay Area. Activity on the different segments of the fault includes moderate and large earthquakes as well as aseismic creep.
Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986) was an American author and the founder of Scientology. A prolific writer of pulp science fiction and fantasy novels in his early career, in 1950 he authored Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health and established organizations to promote and practice Dianetics techniques.
Nineteenth Century California rancher William Welles Hollister ca1880 Source Original publication: Santa Barbara Historical Museum Immediate source: ...
William Welles Hollister, [1] was born on Jan. 12, 1818 near Hanover, Ohio, the son of Philena Hubbard and John Hollister, and a grandson of John Hollister and Mary Welles [2] a direct descendant of Governor Thomas Welles, the Fourth Colonial Governor of Connecticut, and a descendant of Edmund Rice, an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay ...
The Downtown Hollister Historic District, in Hollister, California, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1] The district includes 53 contributing buildings in a 22 acres (8.9 ha) area roughly bounded by Fourth, East, South and Monterey Streets. [1] It also included 29 non-contributing ...