THE

GOLDEN STATE:

A HISTORY OF THE REGION

WEST OF THE

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EMBRACING

CALIFORNIA,

OREGON, NEVADA, UTAH, ARIZONA, IDAHO, WASHINGTON TERRITORY,
BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND ALASKA,

From the Earliest Period to the Present Time:

GIVING A FULL ACCOUNT OF

THE DISCOVERY OF THE COUNTRY; EARLY VOYAGES OF SPANISH, ENGLISH
PORTUGUESE, FRENCH, RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN NAVIGATORS; RULE OF
SPAIN, MEXICO, AND THE UNITED STATES; EARLY SPANISH MISSIONS;
REVOLUTIONS; CONQUEST BY MEXICO AND BY THE UNITED
STATES; INAUGURATION OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION; DIS-
COVERY OF GOLD; MINING, MINERALS, COMMERCE,
AGRICULTURE, AND MANUFACTURES;

ALSO, A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE

KOUNTAINS, SCENERY, VALLEYS, FORESTS, FLOWERS, RIVERS, LAKES, ISLANDS. DESERTS
WATERFALLS, BAYS, HARBORS, SPRINGS, GEYSERS, CLIMATE, SEASONS, NATIVES. BIRDS.
FISHES, BEASTS, LANDS, NAVIGATION, ROADS, DITCHES, CANALS, POPULATION,
CUSTOMS, SOCIETY, CHINESE, COURTS, LAWS, EDUCATION, SCHOOLS, RE,
LIGION, CHURCHES, LITERATURE, EMIGRANTS, CITIES, COUNTIES,
TOWNS, PROFESSIONS, TRADES, AMUSEMENTS, Ms.

WITH A HISTORY OF

MORMONISM AND THE MORMONS.

By R. GUY MCCLELLAN,

(Seventeen Years a Resident of the Pacific Coast,)

AUTHOR OF "REPUBLICANISM IN AMERICA," ETC.,

Illustrated with Numerous Maps and Engravings.

PUBLISHED BY

WILLIAM FLINT & COMPANY,
PHILADELPHIA.

F. W. TRUMPER & CO., CINCINNATI, OHIO.
EZRA I. HUTCHINSON, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
1876.