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Hollister, California

San Benito County · Population 41,678 · Card no. 10171

The San Benito County seat, an agricultural city that became famous for a 1947 motorcycle rally.

The rally and its aftermath inspired The Wild One with Marlon Brando.
The Calaveras Fault runs through town and creeps visibly, bending curbs and walls.
It is named for a sheep rancher.

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