What is "golden state"

Golden State \Gold"en State\ California; -- a nickname alluding to its rich gold deposits.

Golden State may refer to:

• California, a U.S. state known as "The Golden State"
• Golden State (album), by Bush
• Golden State (band), an indie rock band
• Golden State Baptist College, in Santa Clara, California
• Golden State (Disney California Adventure), one of the themed areas of Disney's California Adventure theme park
• The Golden State Warriors, a team in the National Basketball Association representing the San Francisco Bay Area from Oakland
• Golden State Airlines, an American airline
• Golden State (train), a named passenger train operating between Chicago and Los Angeles
• Golden State (schooner), a 1913 3-masted schooner built in Oakland, CA
• The Golden State (N2Deep album)
• The Golden State (Mia Doi Todd album), 2002

The Golden State was a named passenger train between Chicago and Los Angeles from 1902–1968 on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (“Rock Island”) and the Southern Pacific Company (SP) and predecessors. It was named for California, the “Golden State”.

The Golden State route was relatively low-altitude, crossing the Continental Divide at about near Lordsburg, New Mexico, although the highest elevation en route was over near Corona, New Mexico. Other transcontinental routes reached elevations of more than in the Santa Fe railway near Flagstaff, Arizona and Union Pacific near Sherman, Wyoming.

Golden State is the fourth studio album by the British band Bush, released in 2001. However, it ended up being their worst-selling album to date, not even reaching the Platinum status their other albums did. This would also prove to be the last album to feature Nigel Pulsford and Dave Parsons. Bush would not release another studio album until ten years later with The Sea of Memories. The liner notes of Golden State cite the album in memory of Ian Lowery, founder of The Folk Devils. In the documentary Making Of Golden State, the title is revealed as being inspired by the Golden State Freeway, which Gavin Rossdale used to use to get home.

Golden State is an indie rock band from Los Angeles, California. Band members include former Paloalto vocalist James Grundler (vocals/guitar), Marc Boggio (guitar), Kemble Walters (drums), and Elias Reidy (bass), formerly of The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.