Tunitas is a place near San Francisco on the Ocean Shore Road. The tunita is a beach plant sometimes called the “beach apple.” Tuna is the Spanish name for the common cactus known as “prickly pear.”
Tuolumne. See page [315].
Tustín (a surname), a place in Orange County, near Santa Ana. Fernando Tustín was one of the early settlers, and came to California in 1845.
Ukiah. See page [262].
Usal, in Mendocino County. This is an Indian word, derived from yosal, or yusal, the name of a tribe of Pomos, living on the coast from Usal northward.
Las Uvas (the grapes). See page [163].
Vacaville. See page [289].
Valencia Peak, near San Luís Obispo. Valencia is a surname.
Valle (valley).