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OF
BUTTE COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOLUME I.
HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA FROM 1513 TO 1850.
BY FRANK T. GILBERT.
The Great Fur Companies and their Trapping Expeditions to California. Settlement of the Sacramento Valley. The Discovery of Gold in California.
BY HARRY L. WELLS.
L.
VOLUME II.
HISTORY OF BUTTE COUNTY,
From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time.
BY HARRY L. WELLS AND W. L. CHAMBERS.
BOTH VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED WITH VIEWS AND PORTRAITS.
HARRY L. WELLS,
517 CLAY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.
1882.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1882, by HARRY L. WELLS, in the office of the Librarian of Congress,
at Washington, D. C.
FRANCIS, VALENTINE & CO., Engravers and Printe 517 Clay St., San Francisco,
Fourteen of the Twenty-four Years that California was a Mexican Territory.
37-40
The War Commenced by the Bear-Flag Party Ends in the Conquest of California by the United
States..
The Flores Insurrection.
CHAPTER X.
64-69
70-82
CHAPTER XI.
California After the Conquest, until Admitted into the Union as a State, in 1850...
83-93
THE GREAT FUR COMPANIES AND THEIR TRAPPING EXPEDITIONS TO CALI-
FORNIA.
94-101
SETTLEMENT OF THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY.
102-112
THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA.
113-126
Changes in County Boundaries. Formation and Boundaries of Townships.
THE COUNTY-SEAT AND COURT-HOUSE.
Supervisor Districts.
143-149
County Debt and Bonds.- -Assessment and Taxes from 1850 to 1881.- Rate of Tax on $100 from
1850 to 1881.
THE CRIMINAL ANNALS OF BUTTE COUNTY...
Condition of Society.-Death of Cassius Paris. -Death of Joseph Van Buren. -Scotch Camp-
bell's Horse Venture.- John Harper's Gold-dust Venture. - -J. C. Martin's Suicide. -Whit-
comb-Small Affray. - Death of Burr and Suicide of Keenan. -Nick Johnson's Crime and
Suicide. -Death of Philip Farelly.- -Chinaman Shot by Horn. -W. H. Hastings Killed by
-Thomas White Killed by Desperadoes. - Coyle Shot by Mullings.- -Death of
--Death of C. E. Campbell.Death of E. S. Dickinson.Robbery of Shasta
-Robbery of Quincy Stage, in 1864. - -Execution of Albert Reisburg. -Execu-
tion of Adic Eckron.Lynching of Three Men at Bangor. ——-Lynching of Charles Olsen.
Murder of Miss McDanel and Death of Sharkovich.- -Lynching of Tom Noakes.
Jacob Smith.
William Reese.
Stage, in 1860.
179-190
THE BENCH AND BAR....
191-194
Judge W. S. Sherwood.Judge Warren T. Sexton.
Bean.
Attorneys.
-Judge Charles F. Lott.Judge Moses
Judge Joseph E. N. Lewis.Attorneys Who Have Departed.- -The Resident
THE PRESS OF BUTTE COUNTY..
195-197
Written by Hon. George H. Crossette.
REMINISCENCE AND ANECDOTE.
197-200
Thomas Wright's Legal Decisions. - -Henry Ashley's Will.- -Manumission of Slaves.- Judge
Bean Remits a Fine for the Drinks.- -Fourth of July Celebration, in 1851.First Marriage in
Butte County.-A Chinaman Gets First Marriage License.
NAVIGATION Of the Upper SACRAMENTO.....
200-204
Steamers that Plied on the River. [For Navigation of Feather River see Oroville.]