The Natural Wealth of California |
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... acres . No settlements had been attempted in the foot - hills at that date . When the United States commenced negotiations for the acquisi- tion of the territory , California was considered as including the penin- sula and the territory ...
... acres . No settlements had been attempted in the foot - hills at that date . When the United States commenced negotiations for the acquisi- tion of the territory , California was considered as including the penin- sula and the territory ...
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... acres than to civilizing their neophytes . After founding twenty - one missions along the coast , ( the last of which , in 1823 ) they appear to have abandoned all the natives of the interior to their fate , as there is no proof that ...
... acres than to civilizing their neophytes . After founding twenty - one missions along the coast , ( the last of which , in 1823 ) they appear to have abandoned all the natives of the interior to their fate , as there is no proof that ...
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... acres of land ; erected a barn , 70x60 , with sheds on either side , 12x70 ; and two frame granaries , 40x60 - cutting all the lumber for the same by hand . On the Hoopa Valley Reservation , about six hundred of them raised a valuable ...
... acres of land ; erected a barn , 70x60 , with sheds on either side , 12x70 ; and two frame granaries , 40x60 - cutting all the lumber for the same by hand . On the Hoopa Valley Reservation , about six hundred of them raised a valuable ...
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... acres , of which 35,000,000 acres are adapted for agricultural purposes ; 23,000,000 acres for grazing ; 5,000,000 acres are swamp and overflowed lands , which may be reclaimed . The lakes , rivers , bays , and other surface covered ...
... acres , of which 35,000,000 acres are adapted for agricultural purposes ; 23,000,000 acres for grazing ; 5,000,000 acres are swamp and overflowed lands , which may be reclaimed . The lakes , rivers , bays , and other surface covered ...
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... acres . Its highest point is 135 feet above the waters of the bay . It is the key to the fortifications of the harbor . Angel island is the largest in San Francisco bay . It contains up- wards of eight hundred acres of good land , with ...
... acres . Its highest point is 135 feet above the waters of the bay . It is the key to the fortifications of the harbor . Angel island is the largest in San Francisco bay . It contains up- wards of eight hundred acres of good land , with ...
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abundant acres Atlantic 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 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
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Stran 13 - May thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight; thence running west and along said boundary line to the Pacific ocean, and extending therein three English miles; thence running in a north-westerly direction and following the direction of the Pacific coast to the forty-second degree of north latitude; thence on the line of said forty-second degree of north latitude to the place of beginning. Also, including all the islands, harbors, and bays along and adjacent to the coast.
Stran 12 - Colorado, at a point where it intersects the thirty-fifth degree of north latitude; thence down the middle of the channel of said river to the boundary line between the United States and Mexico, as established by the treaty of May...
Stran 2 - Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very close to the side of the Terrestrial Paradise; and it was peopled by black women, without any man among them, for they lived in the fashion of Amazons.
Stran 51 - Thus circumstanced, we find ourselves threatened by hordes of Yankee emigrants, who have already begun to flock into our country, and whose progress we cannot arrest.
Stran 45 - Indians here also being friendly, I consider it the most safe point for me to remain, until such time as I can cross the mountains with my horses, having lost a great many in attempting to cross ten or fifteen days since. I am a long ways from home, and am anxious to get there as soon as the nature of the case will admit.
Stran 66 - the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Stran 331 - The land climate is as nearly as possible the opposite in every respect. In summer and autumn it is hot and dry. It undergoes various modifications from the configuration of the surface of the earth. Even the mountains, which retain the snow till...
Stran 197 - ... acres of swamp or overflowed land near tide-water. Much of the county is covered with the outlying spurs and more westerly ranges of the coast mountains, which, near the coast, are clothed with heavy forests of redwood, spruce, and pine. The timber-belt^ varying in width from eight to ten miles, recedes from the coast, in some places in this county, a distance of several miles, leaving at these points an elevated terrace, or a sandy beach, destitute of timber. Humboldt bay, in the north-western...
Stran 13 - Colorado, at a point where it intersects the 35th degree of north latitude; thence down the middle of the channel of said river to the boundary line between the United States and Mexico, as established by the treaty of May 30, 1848; thence running west and along said boundary line to the...