History of California
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Chapters (26)
- HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA
- Illustrated By Roy J. Warren B. Cal. W. P. 16
- Preface
- History of California
- Chapter I. — The Land and the Name
- Chapter II. — The Story of the Indians
- Chapter III. — “The Secret of the Strait”
- Chapter IV. — The Cross of Santa Fe
- Chapter V. — Pastoral Days
- Chapter VI. — The Footsteps of the Stranger
- Chapter VII. — At the Touch of King Midas
- Chapter VIII. — The Great Stampede
- Chapter IX. — The Birth of the Golden Baby
- Chapter X. — The Signal Gun and the Steel Trail
- Chapter XI. — That Which Followed After
- Chapter XII. — “The Groves Were God’s First Temples”
- Chapter XIII. — To All that Sow the Time of Harvest Should be Given
- Chapter XIV. — The Golden Apples of the Hesperides
- Chapter XV. — California’s other Contributions to the World’s Bill of Fare
- Chapter XVI. — The Hidden Treasures of Mother Earth
- Chapter XVII. — From La Escuela of Spanish California to the Schools of the Twentieth
- Chapter XVIII. — Statistics
- Counties of California
- List of Governors
- Bibliography
- Index
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