A History of the New California, Its Resources and People, Količina 1Lewis Publishing Company, 1905 - 1199 strani Brief biographies of prominent and influential people in California in the late 19th and early 20th century. With many portraits. |
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Stran 69
... street were selling for sixteen dollars , and those south of that street were bringing twenty - nine . The city embraced very little territory except Telegraph and Rincon hills . Tuthill says that with the first news of gold San ...
... street were selling for sixteen dollars , and those south of that street were bringing twenty - nine . The city embraced very little territory except Telegraph and Rincon hills . Tuthill says that with the first news of gold San ...
Stran 77
... streets to the Chilean quarters at Clark's Point . There they tore down tents , beat the owners and occupants , plundered them , and even fired upon their frightened victims . The fair - minded public was fired to indignation , the ...
... streets to the Chilean quarters at Clark's Point . There they tore down tents , beat the owners and occupants , plundered them , and even fired upon their frightened victims . The fair - minded public was fired to indignation , the ...
Stran 82
... street by James Casey , then an editor , a super- visor , and a man with much political power . Six days later King died , and soon thereafter the great Vigilance Committee of 1856 was organized . The story of its career , as told by ...
... street by James Casey , then an editor , a super- visor , and a man with much political power . Six days later King died , and soon thereafter the great Vigilance Committee of 1856 was organized . The story of its career , as told by ...
Stran 84
... streets , and was beside his buggy as he drove home , which was then on Jones street , between Lombard and Chestnut . When he was editor of the Bulletin , for seven months , until his as- sassination , I used to visit his editorial ...
... streets , and was beside his buggy as he drove home , which was then on Jones street , between Lombard and Chestnut . When he was editor of the Bulletin , for seven months , until his as- sassination , I used to visit his editorial ...
Stran 88
... streets of the city , peaceful men usually took the middle of the road , instead of the sidewalk , in order to protect themselves as far as possible , from the unexpected attack of the assassin . And so year after year this state of ...
... streets of the city , peaceful men usually took the middle of the road , instead of the sidewalk , in order to protect themselves as far as possible , from the unexpected attack of the assassin . And so year after year this state of ...
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A History of the New California: Its Resources and People, Volume 2 Leigh Hadley Irvine Predogled ni na voljo - 2015 |
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Stran 26 - Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very near to the Terrestrial Paradise...
Stran 408 - Manson to be a man of broad intelligence and genuine public spirit, for these have been shadowed forth between the lines of this review. Strong in his individuality, he never lacks the courage of his convictions...
Stran 28 - Nova Albion, and that for two causes ; the one in respect of the white banks and cliffs, which lie towards the sea, and the other, because it might have some affinity with our country in name, which sometime was so called.
Stran 29 - It seemeth that the Spaniards hitherto had never been in this part of the country, neither did ever discover the land by many degrees to the southwards of this place.
Stran 83 - WHEREAS, It has become apparent to the citizens of San Francisco that there is no security for life and property, either under the regulations of society as it at present exists or under the laws as now administered...
Stran 328 - I never saw a Big Tree that had died a natural death; barring accidents they seem to be immortal, being exempt from all the diseases that afflict and kill other trees. Unless destroyed by man, they live on indefinitely until burned, smashed by lightning, or cast down by storms, or by the giving way of the ground on which they stand.
Stran 458 - The object is, to give to children resources that will endure as long as life endures, — habits that time will ameliorate. not destroy,— occupations that will render sickness tolerable, solitude pleasant, age venerable, life more dignified and useful, and therefore death less terrible...
Stran 185 - The petitioners must accompany the petition with a good and sufficient bond, to be approved by the said board of supervisors, in double the amount of the probable cost of organizing such district, conditioned that the bondsmen will pay all the said costs in case said organization shall not be effected.
Stran 72 - The District of San Diego will elect two delegates, of Los Angeles four, of Santa Barbara two, of San Luis Obispo two, of Monterey five, of San Jose' five, of San Francisco five, of Sonoma four, of Sacramento four, of San Joaquin four.
Stran 26 - Amazons. They were of strong and hardened bodies, of ardent courage, and of great force. The island was the strongest in the world from its steep rocks and great cliffs. Their arms were all of gold ; and so were the caparisons of the wild beasts which they...