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Halcyon, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Halcyon, California is an unincorporated community of approximately 125 acres (0.5 km²) in San Luis Obispo County, California, located just beyond the southern border of the city of Arroyo Grande, at 35° 06′ 12″ N 120° 35′ 41″ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=35_06_12_N_120_35_41_W_). |
 | | Notable persons involved with Halcyon and the Temple include Henry Cowell (see also The Tides of Manaunaun) and John Varian (1863-1931); Varian's sons Russell (1898-1959) and Sigurd (1901-1961), who spent part of their childhood in Halcyon, invented the klystron, an important microwave amplifier tube, and founded the Varian electronics empire. |
 | | Halcyon today contains fifty-two smallish homes, of which thirty are owned by the Temple, as well as several small buildings used by the Temple, and just over one hundred residents. |
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