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History of the State of California

 and

 Biographical Record

of the

San Joaquin Valley, California

An Historical Story of the State’s Marvelous Growth from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time

By

Prof. J.M. Guinn

Also

Containing Biographies of Well-Known Citizens of the Past and Present

The Chapman Publishing Co.

Chicago

1905

1642 pages on 1 CD

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. - Spanish Explorations and Discoveries

CHAPTER II. - Alta or Nueva California

CHAPTER III. - Colonization of Alta California

CHAPTER IV. - Aborigines of California.

CHAPTER V. - Franciscan Missions of Alta California

CHAPTER VI. - Presidios of California

CHAPTER VII. - Pueblos

CHAPTER VIII. - The Passing of Spain's Domination.

CHAPTER IX. - From Empire to Republic.

CHAPTER X. - First Decade of Mexican Rule

CHAPTER XI. - Revolutions—The Hijar Colonists

CHAPTER XII. - The Decline and Fall of the Missions

CHAPTER XIII. - The Free and Sovereign State of Alta California

CHAPTER XIV. - Decline and Pall of Mexican Domination

CHAPTER XV. - Municipal Government—Homes and Home Life of the Californians

CHAPTER XVI. - Territorial Expansion by Conquest

CHAPTER XVII. - Revolt of the Californians

CHAPTER XVIII. - Defeat and Retreat of Mervine's Men

CHAPTER XIX. - Final Conquest of California

CHAPTER XX. - Capture and Occupation of the Capital

CHAPTER XXI. - Transition and Transformation

CHAPTER XXII. - Mexican Laws and American Official

CHAPTER XXIII. - Gold ! Gold ! Gold !

CHAPTER XXIV. - Making a State

CHAPTER XXV. - The Argonauts

CHAPTER XXVI. - San Francisco

CHAPTER XXVII. - Crime, Criminals and Vigilance Committees

CHAPTER XXVIII. - Filibusters and Filibustering

CHAPTER XXIX. - From Gold to Grain and Fruits

CHAPTER XXX. - Civil War—Loyalty and Disloyal ty

CHAPTER XXXI. - Trade, Travel and Transportation

CHAPTER XXXII. - Railroads

CHAPTER XXXIII. - The Indian Question

CHAPTER XXXIV. - Some Political History

CHAPTER XXXV. - Education and Educational Institution

CHAPTER XXXVI. - Cities of California—Their Origin and Growth

SURNAMES LISTED IN INDEX

Abbay, Abbey, Abbott, Ackerman, Adair, Adams, Adelsbach, Ahrensberg, Akers, Akin, Alcorn, Alford, Alger, Allen, Amer, Anderson, Andrews, Applegate, Arkle, Armitage, Arnaudon, Arnold, Askin, Austin, Avila, Awbrey, Bernard, Berry, Bachle, Bachman, Bachtold, Bacon, Baggs, Bagley, Bagnelle, Bailey, Baird, Baker, Balaam, Baldwin, Ball, Ballou, Bambauer, Bangs, Batten, Baxter, Beall, Beard, Bearup, Becker, Bedesen, Belz, Bender, Benham, Bennett, Berger, Bering, Brooks, Brotherton, Berry, Berryhill, Bertch, Bertrandias, Bibby, Bickford, Billingslea, Bird, Bisher, Bixby, Black, Blackledge, Blades, Bladt, Blain, Blair, Bland, Blankenship, Blayney, Bliss, Blodget, Bradley, Brady, Brailsford, Braly, Bramlet, Brandon, Bratton, Brauer, Braun, Brem, Brennan, Brewer, Brey, Brickley, Briscoe, Brittan, Brooks, Brotherton,Brough, Brown, Browne, Buckley, Buckner, Buckreus, Buhach, Bulger,

Bunker, Burch, Burchell, Burgan, Burleigh, Burness, Burnett, Burns, Burr, Burton, Bush, Buthenuth, Butin, Butts, Byars, Byers, Byrd, Cain, Cairns, Calcote, Caldwell, Callison, Cameron, Camilla, Campbell, Capurro, Carden, Cardoza, Carle, Carmichael, Carney, Carpenter, Carrutlicrs, Carson, Carter, Cartmill, Cartwright, Carver, Case, Castle, Cate, Catron, Cavanagh, Cerini, Chamberlain, Chandler, Chapin, Chapman, Charles, Chatten, Chinn, Chrisman, Christian, Church, Claflin, Clark, Clarke, Clary, Clausen, Clement, Cloer, Clough, Clow, Clute, Coates, Coburn, Cochran, Cody, Coe, Cole, Coley, Coen, Cokley, Cole, Collins, Colquhoun, Colson, Combs, Condict, Conkhn, Conley, Conway, Cook, Cooper, Corngan, Cory, Cothran, Cottle, Coney, Coverdale,  Cowgill, Cowles, Cox, Crabtree, Crandall, Craven, Crawford, Croop, Crow, Crowder, Crowell, Cummings, Cunningham, Curtin, Curtis, Cutler, Daggett, Daggs, Dale, Daly, Danker, Darwin, Daulton, Davidson, Davis, Dawson, Day, Deakin, Dean, Dechman, De La Grange, DeLaney, Demaree, Dennen, Denny, Dewey, Dibble, Dickenson, Dixon, Dobrzensky, Dodd, Dodds, Dodge, Doherty, Doran, Dorland, Dorr, Dorsey, Douglass, Dowle, Doyle, Draper, Drew, Driskell, Driver, Droge, Drummond, Dubois, Dudley, Duke, Duncan, Dungan, Dunlap, Duquesne, Eachus, Eastin, Eddlemon, Edgerly, Edmiston, Edmonds, Edwards, Eichhoff, Elder, Eley, Elfers, Elliott, Emmons, Endicott, Enos, Estes, Etzenhouser, Evans, Everett, Everts, Ewing, Farr, Farrow Fay, Feaver, Fee, Feemster, Fenly, Fenteni, Ferguson, Ferril, Fern, Fewel, Field, Fillmore, Fink, Firebaugh, Fisher, Fix, Flemming, Fletcher, Fly,  Ford, Foreman, Forrest, Forsythe, Foster, Fowler, Frame, Francis, Frankum, Frans, Fraser, Freeland, Frenian, French, Frew, Frikka, Fullerton, Fulton, Furtney, Gaines, Gallagher, Galtes, Gann, Gardner, Garrett, Garretson, Gastambide, Gay, Giddings, Gardwick, Giannini, Gibson, Giffin, Gilbert, Gill, Gillette, Gilliam, Gilmer, Givens, Gist, Givens, Gobm, Goldman, Goldstein, Gonzales, Good, Goudy, Goularte, Gower, Grace, Gracey, Graham, Grant, Granz, Graybill, Greeley, Green, Greene, Gregory, Gries, Griffith, Grubb, Gurnee, Gurr, Haas, Hadsell, Hahesy, Halbert, Haley, Halford, Hall, Halstead, Hamilton, Hamlett, Hammond, Hancock, Hannah, Hanna, Hansberger, Hansen, Hardeman, Harding, Hardman, Harlan, Harman, Harp, Harrah, Harrell, Harrington, Harris, Hart, Hartley, Hastie, Hatch, Hatfield, Hausch, Haycroft, Hayes, Hazelton, Heberhng, Hedberg, Hedges, Heidt, Heine, Heismger, Heitman, Heitzeg Hellar, Helm, Henderson, Henry, Hensley, Hepburn, Herminghaus, Hersey, Hesse, Hickman, Hickok, Hicks, Higbee, High, Hildebrand, Hill, Hillard,  Hines, Hitchcock, Hoar, Hobbs, Hobler, Hodge, Hodges, Hoffknecht, Hoffman, Hogan, Holder, Holdridge, Holiday, Holliway, Holms, Holtby, Holton, Honigsberger, Hope, Horsley, Hostetter, House, Houston, Howard, Howe, Howell, Hoxie, Hudson, Hughes, Hughson, Hulen, Huls, Hunsaker, Hunt, Hunter, Huntley, Hutchinson, Hyde, Idle, Ipsen, Irwin, Jack,Jackson, Jacob, Jacobie, Jameson, Jansen, Janson, Jarrard, Jay, Jensen, Jernberg, Jewett, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Jordan, Jorgensen, Kaehler, Kahl, Kambich, Kavanagh, Kearney, Keaton, Keefer, Kellenberg, Keel, Kellogg, Kelly, Kelsey, Kennedy, Kerr, Kessing, Kewin, Kilburn, Kimble, King, Kinkade, Kinkler, Kirk, Kirkman, Kittrell, Klehn, Knapp, Knauer, Knox, Knudsen, Knupp, Kocher, Kohler, Kolb, Kooken, Kricke, Krog, Krogh, Kruse, Kuker, Kuns, Lafever, Lahann, Laird, La Marche, Landram, Lane, Lang, Larew, Larkins, Larsen, Larson, La Rue, Lasch, Latham, Lathrop, Laughead, Laughlin, Lauritzen, Lavers, Le Blanc, Ledbetter, Lee, Leebon, Leggett, Lemasters, Leonard, Leoni, Leslie, Lesnini, Lester, Lewis, Light, Lilley, Linder, Lindgren, Lindsay, Lindsey, Little, Loescher, Loinaz, Loney, Long, Loomis, Looney, Lovejoy, Lowell, Lowrey, Lumereau, Lundy, McBriar,  McCabe, McCann, McCardle, McCarthy, McCullah, McDonald, McElroy, McFarland McGee, McGregor, McHaley, McHenry, Mclndoo, Mcintosh, McJunkin,  McKay, Mckee, McKelvy, Mckenzie, McLean, McLees, McMaster, McNamara, McNulty, McPherson, McQuiddy, Machen,Mackey, Madsen, Malesani, Malsbary, Manlove, Manter, March, Marchbank, Marden, Marks, Marlow, Marsh, Martens, Martin, Mason, Mathews, Mathewson, Martin, Mattie, Maude, Maupin, May, May, Mayes, Meier, Meilike, Mentz, Metzler, Meyer, Middleton, Miles, Miller, Mills, Milton, Miner, Minghetti, Misch, Mitchell, Moffett, Monroe, Montgomery, Moor, Moore, Moorehead, Mordecai, Morley, Morris, Morton, Mosher, Mosier, Mugridge, Mull, Muller, Mullinix, Muncy,  Munson, Murphy, Murray, Murry, Musgrave, Musick, Myer, Myers, Nehls, Neighbor, Nelson, Netherton, Neu, Neumann, Nevin, Newbury, Newell, Newhall, Newman, Newport, Niederaur, Nichols, Nightingale, Noble, Noriega, Nordgren, Oakes, O’Brien, O’Connor, Ogden, Ogle, Oldershaw, Qlsen, Orognen, Ostrander,Otis, Ott, Otto, Outhet Owen, Packard, Paden, Page, Paine, Palladine, Pardee, Parker, Parnell, Patten, Patterson, Payne, Payson, Persall, Peck, Pedigo, Pelton, Peimebaker, Perkins, Petersen, Peterson, Petrea, Pettus, Pfitzer, Phenegar, Phillipps, Phillips, Pickett, Pickford, Pillsbury, Pogue, Pool, Porteous, Porter, Potter, Powell, Powers, Prather, Pratt, Preciado, Premo, Preston, Price, Primer, Pucheu, Purcell, Putnam, Pyle, Quinlan, Radley, Raste, Ragle, Ramm, Ramsey, Rankine, Rasmusseu, Rath, Ratliff, Raven, Raynor, Rector, Reese, Renaud, Rey, Reyburn, Reynolds, Rhoads, Rice, Richardson, Richey, Richter, Rider, Ridgway, Rising, Ritchey, Ritchie, Roadcap, Robb, Robinson, Roduner, Robinson,Rogers, Rohloff, Rohrer, Rorden, Rose, Rosendahl, Rosenthal, Rosson, Rouse, Rowell, Rowell, Rowell, Rowland, Rucker, Ruddle, Rudy, Rush, Russell, Rutherford, Ryce, St. Clair, Salau, Samelson, Sample, Sanborn, Sarringhausen, Say, Sayre, Schank, Schell, Schlitz, Schmidt, Schmitz, Schweizer, Scofield, Scott, Scranton, Scruggs, Seaward, Seligman, Sellers, Seropian, Shannon, Shields, Shippey, Shirk, Short, Shumard, Sides, Silman, Simonson, Simpson, Sivlev, Slaughter, Slinkard, Sledge, Sloan, Smith, Snodgrass, Snow, Soper, Southwick, Sparks, Spear, Spenker, Springer, Sprouse, Sronce, Stanley, Starkweather, Statham, Stearns, Steinwand, Stelling, Stevens, Stevenson, Stiles, Stilwell, Stimpson Stobie, Stockton, Stokes, Stone, Stone, Stonesifer, Street, Stuhr, Sturm, Sullnan, Summers,  Svensen,  Swall, Swan, Swanson, Swansea, Sweeney Sweet, Switzer, Talbot, Tannahill, Tarkngton, Taylor, Teague, Teilman, Telfer, Thom, Thoming, Thompson, Thornton, Thurman, Tighe, Tilton, Timmins, Tinnin, Toomey, Toothacre, Toscano, Tout, Traber, Tracy, Tremper, Tucker, Tulloch, Tully, Turner, Tyler, Unger, Uridge, Van Benschoten, Van Cleve, Vanderburgh, Van Emon, Van Valer, Vanwinkle, Vanwormer, Vaughan, Vaughn, Victor, Vincent, Vogel, Volguards, Wade, Wagoner,Wagner, Walker, Wallis, Walthall, Warner, Warren, Wasgatt, Wash, Watt, Waugh, Wear, Weaver, Webster, Wegman, Wegner, Wehrmann, Weill, Weiscnherger, Welch, Weldon, Wells, Werner, Westman, Weyant, Whaley, Whealan,  Wheeler, White, Whittington, Whitworth, Wigley, Wilcox, Williams, Williamson, Wilmans, Wilson, Wiseman, Wit, Witten, Wolfes, Wood, Wright, Wyllie, Yeargin, Yoakum, Yost, Youd, Zumwalt,