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A memorial and biographical history of the coast counties of central California

Henry D. Barrows · 1893 · Scanned text · Free in the US

236,834 words · about 16 h 35 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Author
Henry D. Barrows
Language
English
Published
1893
Length
236,834 words · about 16 h 35 min
Sections
51 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (51)
  1. Front matter about 6 min
  2. Contents about 7 min
  3. Chapter I. Physical Features Location, Topography about 11 min
  4. Chapter II. Indigenous Plants And Animals about 5 min
  5. Chapter III about 14 min
  6. Chapter IV. Commencement Of The Mission Era about 11 min
  7. Chapter V. Founding Of The First Missions about 20 min
  8. Chapter VII. Secdlarization about 7 min
  9. Chapter VIII. Premonition Of Impending Change about 11 min
  10. Chapter IX. The Change From Spanish To Anglo- American about 10 min
  11. Chapter X. Raising Of Ameeican Flag At Monterey about 24 min
  12. Chapter XII. Constitutional Convention about 28 min
  13. Chapter XIV. Monterey Under American Rule about 3 min
  14. Chapter XV. In Caufoknia about 12 min
  15. Chapter XVI. Churches, Societies, Etc about 5 min
  16. Chapter XVII. Municipal about 3 min
  17. Chapter XVIII. Whaiing At Monterey about 3 min
  18. Chapter XIX. Tub Climate Of Monterey The Dry about 5 min
  19. Chapter XX. The County about 20 min
  20. Chapter XXII about 13 min
  21. Chapter XXIII. Other Towns — Castroville about 4 min
  22. Chapter XXIV. The Pacific Impkovement Company about 14 min
  23. Chapter XXV. Concerning One Of The Earliest American Settlers In California about 9 min
  24. Chapter I about 19 min
  25. Chapter III. Eaklt History about 13 min
  26. Chapter V. Change Of Government about 2 min
  27. Chapter VI. American Settlement Of San Benito Valley about 3 min
  28. Chapter VII. San Benito County In 1892 about 5 min
  29. Chapter VIII. Eesooeces Of San Benito County about 18 min
  30. Chapter X. San Juan And Other Settlements about 7 min
  31. Chapter XI. The Eucalyptus In Califoenia about 4 min
  32. CHAPTER XII. TWELVE years' RAILROAD TRAFFIC about 8 min
  33. CHAPTER XIV. CAtrSE CELEBKE. " PANOCHE GRANDE." about 14 min
  34. Chapter 1. Natural Featuees, Location, Topogeapht, And Mineralogy about 4 min
  35. Chapter II about 7 min
  36. Chapter III. Founding Of Pueblos about 5 min
  37. Chapter IV. Annals Of The Pueblo And Mission From about 11 min
  38. CHAPTER V. INDEPENDENCE OF MEXICO — 1822 to 1846 about 6 min
  39. Chapter VI. Santa Ckuz Under American Rule about 5 min
  40. Chapter VIII. County Officers And Institutions about 3 min
  41. Chapter IX. The City Of Santa Ceuz about 4 min
  42. Chapter X. Other Towns — Conclusion about 6 min
  43. Chapter I. Physical Featuees — Topography, Etc about 4 min
  44. Chapter II. Early Histoet about 11 min
  45. Chapter III. The Redwood Forests about 8 min
  46. Chapter IV. San Mateo Of To-day about 9 min
  47. Chapter V. Redwood City about 5 min
  48. Chapter VI. Miscellaneous — San Mateo about 7 min
  49. Chapter VII. Climatic Peculiarities Of The Coast about 7 min
  50. Chapter VIII. Suburban Homes Possibilities about 5 min
  51. Chapter IX. The Leland Stanford, Juniok, University about 9 h 13 min

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