The Natural Wealth of California ...Bancroft, 1868 - 696 strani Order book for this title. Consists of sample pages from the original book followed by blank order sheets with columns for subscriber's name, address and comments. |
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... material facts are set forth with plain speech , and often with statistical brevity - the reader being left , in most cases , to draw his own conclusions . The grand aim has been to give full and correct information - not to argue or ...
... material facts are set forth with plain speech , and often with statistical brevity - the reader being left , in most cases , to draw his own conclusions . The grand aim has been to give full and correct information - not to argue or ...
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... material for this volume , and the author's thanks are due to these gentlemen for the efficient manner in which their duties have been performed . SAN FRANCISCO , March 31 , 1868 . 1 1 CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. EARLY HISTORY . Introduction ...
... material for this volume , and the author's thanks are due to these gentlemen for the efficient manner in which their duties have been performed . SAN FRANCISCO , March 31 , 1868 . 1 1 CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. EARLY HISTORY . Introduction ...
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... material for the moralist , the virtues and weaknesses of these kind old men furnish . How true to them has been the prov- erb that " the love of money is the root of all evil . " While few Christ- ians , or philanthropists , can ...
... material for the moralist , the virtues and weaknesses of these kind old men furnish . How true to them has been the prov- erb that " the love of money is the root of all evil . " While few Christ- ians , or philanthropists , can ...
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... materials for such an ornament . Forbes credits them with extraordinary skill in the construction of their baskets , bows and arrows ; some of the former , made of the fila- mentous bark of a tree , were plaited so closely as to be ...
... materials for such an ornament . Forbes credits them with extraordinary skill in the construction of their baskets , bows and arrows ; some of the former , made of the fila- mentous bark of a tree , were plaited so closely as to be ...
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... material for an exceedingly romantic and interesting chapter of the early his- tory of California . Who would not like to know the nationality and name of the first adventurer whose eyes beheld the blue waters of San Francisco's noble ...
... material for an exceedingly romantic and interesting chapter of the early his- tory of California . Who would not like to know the nationality and name of the first adventurer whose eyes beheld the blue waters of San Francisco's noble ...
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abundant acres auriferous average bushels California cañon cattle chiefly climate Coast Range contains county seat creek cretaceous crops cultivation deposits Diablo range district dollars east eastern eight erected extensive Feather river feet high fifty five forty four fruit gold grain grass Grass Valley growing hills hundred feet important inches Indians inhabitants lake land large number latter located lodes manufacture Mexican miles wide mills mineral mining mission Monte Diablo Monterey mountains nearly northern Pacific pine placer mining planted population portion pounds quantities quartz railroad rain rich river rocks Sacramento Sacramento river San Francisco San Joaquin river San José Santa Cruz season shipped Sierra Nevada sluice soil southern species springs square miles streams summer supply thousand feet timber tons town trees Tuolumne county twenty valley vegetables veins vessels vicinity vines winter yield