The Natural Wealth of California: Comprising Early History; Geography, Topography, and Scenery; Climate; Agriculture and Commercial Products; Geology, Zoology, and Botany; Mineralogy, Mines, and Mining Processes; Manufactures; Steamship Lines, Railroads, and Commerce; Immigration, Population and Society; Educational Institutions and Literature; Together with a Detailed Description of Each County ...H.H. Bancroft & Company, 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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Stran viii
... fruit raising the high lands will hereafter be generally preferred . Many of these remarks are also true of the Coast Range , where mountains 3,000 feet high are often clothed to their summits with a thick growth of wild oats , which ...
... fruit raising the high lands will hereafter be generally preferred . Many of these remarks are also true of the Coast Range , where mountains 3,000 feet high are often clothed to their summits with a thick growth of wild oats , which ...
Stran xiv
... Fruits and Nuts : Apples Pears - Peaches - Plums - Cherries - Oranges - Lemons - Limes - Bananas- Olives - Almonds - Chestnuts , etc. Berries : Strawberries - Raspberries - Blackberries . Dried Fruits Raisins - Currants - Prunes - Figs ...
... Fruits and Nuts : Apples Pears - Peaches - Plums - Cherries - Oranges - Lemons - Limes - Bananas- Olives - Almonds - Chestnuts , etc. Berries : Strawberries - Raspberries - Blackberries . Dried Fruits Raisins - Currants - Prunes - Figs ...
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... fruit . This authority states , further , that on the Island of Santa Catalina , off the coast of Santa Barbara , the natives had large wooden canoes , capable of holding twenty persons each , with which they caught large quan- tities ...
... fruit . This authority states , further , that on the Island of Santa Catalina , off the coast of Santa Barbara , the natives had large wooden canoes , capable of holding twenty persons each , with which they caught large quan- tities ...
Stran 27
... fruit to supply their own wants . In San Diego County there are twenty - eight rancherias , containing altogether about 2,000 natives . None of the other southern counties contain as many , but there are EARLY HISTORY . 27.
... fruit to supply their own wants . In San Diego County there are twenty - eight rancherias , containing altogether about 2,000 natives . None of the other southern counties contain as many , but there are EARLY HISTORY . 27.
Stran 36
... fruit , nor vegetables , to be had at Monterey , the capital of the territory . In fact , there was not a hotel or public table in the whole country , when it came into the pos- session of the United States in 1846. San Diego , being ...
... fruit , nor vegetables , to be had at Monterey , the capital of the territory . In fact , there was not a hotel or public table in the whole country , when it came into the pos- session of the United States in 1846. San Diego , being ...
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abundant acres agricultural 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
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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 70 - The object of the United States has reference to ultimate peace with Mexico; and if, at that peace, the basis of the uti possidetis shall be established, the government expects, through your forces, to be found in actual possession of Upper California.
Stran 209 - District comprises the area bounded on the north by the State of Oregon, on the east by the State of Nevada, on the south by...
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 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 2 - ... them, because they were accustomed to live after the manner of the 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 they rode.
Stran 45 - I am a long ways from home, and am anxious to get there as soon as the nature of the case will admit. Our situation is quite unpleasant, being destitute of clothing and most of the necessaries of life, wild meat being our principal subsistence. # I am, reverend father, your strange, but real friend and Christian brother, May 19, 1827.
Stran 331 - Even the mountains, which retain the snow till a late period, present a high temperature in the middle of the day ; and the presence of snow on their summits in June is owing to the great mass which has accumulated on them, rather than to cold weather. A large district of territory lies between the jurisdiction of the two climates, and subject to their joint influence.
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 northwesterly direction and following the direction of the -Pacific...