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, 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 107
... summer of that year , a company of Germans , acquainted with the culture of the grape in the " faderland , " purchased 1,265 acres of the plain , at $ 2 per acre , to test its adaptation to the raising of the vine . This land was ...
... summer of that year , a company of Germans , acquainted with the culture of the grape in the " faderland , " purchased 1,265 acres of the plain , at $ 2 per acre , to test its adaptation to the raising of the vine . This land was ...
Stran 110
... summer is swept by cold fog bearing winds from the northwest , and by violent rain storms from the south during the winter . South of that point there is scarcely any fog , and it is both drier and warmer than to the north . Snow rarely ...
... summer is swept by cold fog bearing winds from the northwest , and by violent rain storms from the south during the winter . South of that point there is scarcely any fog , and it is both drier and warmer than to the north . Snow rarely ...
Stran 114
... summer - the white - crested billows of the Pacific curling and seething about the horse's feet ; and the cool sea- breeze , how refreshing - after leaving the hot and dusty roads over the mountains . But it is not quite so agreeable at ...
... summer - the white - crested billows of the Pacific curling and seething about the horse's feet ; and the cool sea- breeze , how refreshing - after leaving the hot and dusty roads over the mountains . But it is not quite so agreeable at ...
Stran 120
... summer of 1867. The greater portion of the county is devoted to cattle and sheep raising , much of the best land being still occupied by the original Mexican grantees or their assigns . The population , at the close of 1867 , is ...
... summer of 1867. The greater portion of the county is devoted to cattle and sheep raising , much of the best land being still occupied by the original Mexican grantees or their assigns . The population , at the close of 1867 , is ...
Stran 136
... summer forms an almost unbroken wheat field . In May , June , and July , when the grain is ripening , the view of this portion of the valley is a marvel of beauty . The farmer's houses , surrounded by gardens and orchards , appear like ...
... summer forms an almost unbroken wheat field . In May , June , and July , when the grain is ripening , the view of this portion of the valley is a marvel of beauty . The farmer's houses , surrounded by gardens and orchards , appear like ...
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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
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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 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 397 - ... between the Rocky Mountains on the east and the Sierra Nevada on the west, in which are the great silver mines of Nevada.
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 30th, 1848; 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 coast to the 42d degree of north latitude; thence on the line of...
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 44 - Reverend Father: — I understand, through the medium of one of your Christian Indians, that you are anxious to know who we are, as some of the Indians have been at the Mission and informed you that there were certain white people in the country. We are Americans, on our journey to the River Columbia ; we were in at the Mission San Gabriel...
Stran 544 - ... per lineal foot, varying with the cost of labor and the character of the rock to be excavated. The end of the tunnel is designed to be from fifty to one hundred feet, or perhaps more, beneath the bottom of the gravel, at a point where a shaft or incline is sunk through the gravel and bed-rock to intersect it. It obviously demands careful engineering to carry out works of such magnitude with the accuracy required, and for the want of sufficient care or skill in this particular, years of costly...
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 43 - ... that he found it impossible to return by the route he came, as his horses had most of them perished for want of food and water ; he was, therefore, under the necessity of pushing forward to California, it being the nearest place where he could procure supplies to enable him to return. We further state as our...