History of San Mateo County, California: Including Its Geography, Topography, Geology, Climatography, and Description, Together with an Historical Sketch of California; a Record of the Mexican Grants; the Early History and Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; Some of the Names of Spanish and American Pioneers; Legislative History; a Record of Its Cities and Towns; Biographical Sketches of Representative Men; Etc., EtcB.F. Alley, 1883 - 322 strani |
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... arrival of the English in California being soon known through the country , two persons in the character of ambassadors , came to the Admiral and informed him in the best manner they were able 20 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF CALIFORNIA .
... arrival of the English in California being soon known through the country , two persons in the character of ambassadors , came to the Admiral and informed him in the best manner they were able 20 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF CALIFORNIA .
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... arrived in the harbor of San Francisco , in 1816 , in the Russian brig " Rurick , " a scientific expedition , under the command of Otto von Kotzebue . In accordance with instructions received from the Spanish authorities , Governor Sola ...
... arrived in the harbor of San Francisco , in 1816 , in the Russian brig " Rurick , " a scientific expedition , under the command of Otto von Kotzebue . In accordance with instructions received from the Spanish authorities , Governor Sola ...
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... arriving after dark asked permission to remain over night with the parties , who at that time owned that portion of the grant on which the settlement was located . During the evening the conversation naturally drifted upon the old ...
... arriving after dark asked permission to remain over night with the parties , who at that time owned that portion of the grant on which the settlement was located . During the evening the conversation naturally drifted upon the old ...
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... arrived at an early hour in the day , and the orders shown to the commander , Rotscheff , who immediately caused the bells in the chapel towers to be rung , and the cannon to be dis- charged , this being the usual method of convocating ...
... arrived at an early hour in the day , and the orders shown to the commander , Rotscheff , who immediately caused the bells in the chapel towers to be rung , and the cannon to be dis- charged , this being the usual method of convocating ...
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... arrived , as the following interesting relation of the sufferings of the ill - fated Donner party will exemplify : Tuthills ' History of California tells us : " Of the overland emigration to California , in 1846 , about eighty wagons ...
... arrived , as the following interesting relation of the sufferings of the ill - fated Donner party will exemplify : Tuthills ' History of California tells us : " Of the overland emigration to California , in 1846 , about eighty wagons ...
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acres afterwards American appointed arrived authority Bay of San Bear Flag born building California camp Captain Castro cattle church coast command commenced Copinger county of San county seat court creek dairy December district dollars election Eli Moore erected established farm father feet Fremont Governor grants Half Moon Bay horses hundred Indians January John Juan July June land leagues letter Lieutenant lived located March married Mexican Mexico miles mill missions Monterey mountains native Pacific party Pescadero pioneer portion possession presidios proprietor pueblos ranch received Redwood City remained residence returned road San Francisco San José San Mateo county Sanchez Santa Clara Santa Cruz Santa Cruz county Santa Cruz mountains Searsville settled settlement settlers ship Sonoma Southern Pacific railroad Spanish Spanishtown Sutter's Sutter's Fort territory thousand tion town United Vallejo valley village William Woodside
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Stran 37 - THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
Stran 307 - That man, I think, has had a liberal education, who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with ease and pleasure all the work that, as a mechanism, it is capable of ; whose intellect is a clear, cold, logic engine, with all its parts of equal strength, and in smooth working order...
Stran 308 - That man, I think, has had a liberal education who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with ease and pleasure all the work that as a mechanism it is capable of; whose intellect is a clear, cold logic engine with all its parts of equal strength and in smooth working order; ready like a steam engine to be turned to any kind of work, and spin the gossamers as well as forge the anchors of the mind...
Stran 131 - I declare to the inhabitants of California that, although I come in arms with a powerful force, I do not come among them as an enemy to California : on the contrary, I come as their best friend...
Stran 45 - This is the forest primeval; but where are the hearts that beneath it Leaped like the roe, when he hears in the woodland the voice of the huntsman?
Stran 45 - ... the woodland the voice of the huntsman? Where is the thatch-roofed village, the home of Acadian farmers, Men whose lives glided on like rivers that water the woodlands.
Stran 128 - We shall have a stable government and just laws. California will grow strong and flourish, and her people will be prosperous, happy, and free. Look not, therefore, with jealousy upon the hardy pioneers who scale our mountains and cultivate our unoccupied plains, but rather welcome them as brothers who come to share with us a common destiny.
Stran 131 - To the inhabitants of California: The central government of Mexico having commenced hostilities against the United States of , America, by invading its territory and attacking the troops of the United States stationed on the north side of the Rio Grande, and with a force of...
Stran 263 - For the last two or three years of his life he was used to attend divine service in his own parish church of St. George...
Stran 152 - That the freemen of every town, or the major part of them, shall only have power to dispose of their own lands, and woods, with all the privileges and appurtenances of...