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John Buttencourt Avila

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John Buttencourt Avila (March 19, 1865 – December 25, 1937) was a California farmer who has been called the father of the sweet potato industry. [1]

17 relations: Atwater, California, Azores, Bank of America, Boxcar, Buhach, California, Cult of the Holy Spirit, Fremont, California, Merced County, California, Merced River, Merced, California, Naturalization, Portugal, Portuguese Americans, Sacramento Valley, San Joaquin Valley, São Jorge Island, Sweet potato.

Atwater, California

Atwater is a city on State Route 99 in Merced County, California, United States.

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Azores

The Azores (or; Açores), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal.

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Bank of America

Bank of America Corporation (abbreviated as BofA) is an American multinational financial services company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Boxcar

A boxcar is a North American railroad car that is enclosed and generally used to carry freight.

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Buhach, California

Buhach is an unincorporated community in Merced County, California.

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Cult of the Holy Spirit

The cult of the Holy Spirit (Culto do Divino Espírito Santo), also known as the cult of the Empire of the Holy Spirit (Culto do Império do Divino Espírito Santo), is a religious sub-culture, inspired by Christian millenarian mystics, associated with Azorean Catholic identity, consisting of iconography, architecture, and religious practices that have continued in many communities of the archipelago as well as the broader Portuguese diaspora.

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Fremont, California

Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California, United States.

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Merced County, California

Merced County, is a county located in the northern San Joaquin Valley section of the Central Valley, in the U.S. state of California.

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Merced River

The Merced River, in the central part of the U.S. state of California, is a -long tributary of the San Joaquin River flowing from the Sierra Nevada into the San Joaquin Valley.

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Merced, California

Merced (Spanish for "Mercy") is a city in, and the county seat of, Merced County, California, United States, in the San Joaquin Valley.

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Naturalization

Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-citizen in a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa),In recognized minority languages of Portugal: Portugal is the oldest state in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times.

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Portuguese Americans

Portuguese Americans (portugueses-americanos), also known as Luso-americans (luso-americanos), are American citizens and residents of the United States who are connected to the country of Portugal by birth, ancestry, or citizenship.

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Sacramento Valley

The Sacramento Valley is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California that lies north of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and is drained by the Sacramento River.

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San Joaquin Valley

The San Joaquin Valley is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California that lies south of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and is drained by the San Joaquin River.

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São Jorge Island

São Jorge is a Portuguese island in the central Azorean archipelago of Portugal.

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Sweet potato

The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buttencourt_Avila

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