Port O' Gold

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Author

Stellman, Louis J. (Louis John), 1877-1961

Title

Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts

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E-text prepared by Charlie Kirschner and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction

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eBook-No.

12560

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12560

Release Date

June 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PORT O' GOLD — A HISTORY-ROMANCE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO ARGONAUTS
2. 2.LOUIS J. STELLMAN — 1922
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — A HISTORY-ROMANCE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO ARGONAUTS
6. 6.PROLOGUE — THE VISION — PORT O' GOLD
7. 7.CHAPTER I — YERBA BUENA
8. 8.CHAPTER II — THE GAMBLED PATRIMONY
9. 9.CHAPTER III — THE GRINGO SHIPS
10. 10.CHAPTER IV — AMERICAN OCCUPATION
11. 11.CHAPTER V — AN OFFER AND A THREAT
12. 12.CHAPTER VI — THE FIRST ELECTION
13. 13.CHAPTER VII — THE RANCHEROS REVOLT
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII — McTURPIN'S COUP
15. 15.CHAPTER IX — THE ELOPEMENT
16. 16.CHAPTER X — HULL "CAPITULATES"
17. 17.CHAPTER XI — SAN FRANCISCO IS NAMED
18. 18.CHAPTER XII — THE NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII — THE "SYDNEY DUCKS"
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV — THE AUCTION ON THE BEACH
21. 21.CHAPTER XV — THE BEGINNING OF LAW
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI — GOLD! GOLD! GOLD!
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII — THE QUEST OF FORTUNE
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII — NEWS OF BENITO
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX — THE VEILED WOMAN
26. 26.CHAPTER XX — A CALL IN THE NIGHT
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI — OUTFACING THE ENEMY
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII — SHOTS IN THE DARK
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII — THE NEW ARRIVAL
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV — THE CHAOS OF '49
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV — RETRIEVING A BIRTHRIGHT
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI — FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII — POLITICS AND A WARNING
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII — ON THE TRAIL OF McTURPIN
35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX — THE SQUATTER CONSPIRACY
36. 36.CHAPTER XXX — "GROWING PAINS"
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXI — THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXII — THE PEOPLE'S JURY
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIII — THE RECKONING
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIV — THE HANGING OF JENKINS
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXV — THE PEOPLE AND THE LAW
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVI — FEVERS OF FINANCE
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVII — "GIVE US OUR SAVINGS!"
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXVIII — KING STARTS THE BULLETIN
45. 45.CHAPTER XXXIX — RICHARDSON AND CORA
46. 46.CHAPTER XL — THE STORM GATHERS
47. 47.CHAPTER XLI — THE FATEFUL ENCOUNTER
48. 48.CHAPTER XLII — THE COMMITTEE ORGANIZES
49. 49.CHAPTER XLIII — GOVERNOR JOHNSON MEDIATES
50. 50.CHAPTER XLIV — THE TRUCE IS BROKEN
51. 51.CHAPTER XLV — THE COMMITTEE STRIKES
52. 52.CHAPTER XLVI — RETRIBUTION
53. 53.CHAPTER XLVII — HINTS OF CIVIL WAR
54. 54.CHAPTER XLVIII — SHERMAN RESIGNS
55. 55.CHAPTER XLIX — TERRY STABS HOPKINS
56. 56.CHAPTER L — THE COMMITTEE DISBANDS
57. 57.CHAPTER LI — SENATOR BRODERICK
58. 58.CHAPTER LII — A TRIP TO CHINATOWN
59. 59.CHAPTER LIII — ENTER PO LUN
60. 60.CHAPTER LIV — THE "FIELD OF HONOR"
61. 61.CHAPTER LV — THE SOUTHERN PLOT
62. 62.CHAPTER LVI — SOME WAR REACTIONS
63. 63.CHAPTER LVII — WATERS PAYS THE PRICE
64. 64.CHAPTER LVIII — McTURPIN TURNS INFORMER
65. 65.CHAPTER LIX — THE COMSTOCK FURORE
66. 66.CHAPTER LX — THE SHATTERED BUBBLE
67. 67.CHAPTER LXI — DESPERATE FINANCE
68. 68.CHAPTER LXII — ADOLPH SUTRO'S TUNNEL
69. 69.CHAPTER LXIII — LEES SOLVES A MYSTERY
70. 70.CHAPTER LXIV — AN IDOL TOPPLES
71. 71.CHAPTER LXV — INDUSTRIAL UNREST
72. 72.CHAPTER LXVI — THE PICK-HANDLE BRIGADE
73. 73.CHAPTER LXVII — DENNIS KEARNEY
74. 74.CHAPTER LXVIII — THE WOMAN REPORTER
75. 75.CHAPTER LXIX — A NEW GENERATION
76. 76.CHAPTER LXX — ROBERT AND MAIZIE
77. 77.CHAPTER LXXI — THE BLIND BOSS
78. 78.CHAPTER LXXII — FATE TAKES A HAND
79. 79.CHAPTER LXXIII — THE RETURN
80. 80.CHAPTER LXXIV — THE "REFORMER"
81. 81.CHAPTER LXXV — A NOCTURNAL ADVENTURE
82. 82.CHAPTER LXXVI — POLITICS AND ROMANCE
83. 83.CHAPTER LXXVII — ALETA'S PROBLEM
84. 84.CHAPTER LXXVIII — THE FATEFUL MORN
85. 85.CHAPTER LXXIX — THE TURMOIL
86. 86.CHAPTER LXXX — AFTERMATH
87. 87.CHAPTER LXXXI — READJUSTMENT
88. 88.CHAPTER LXXXII — AT BAY
89. 89.CHAPTER LXXXIII — IN THE TOILS
90. 90.CHAPTER LXXXIV — THE NET CLOSES
91. 91.CHAPTER LXXXV — THE SEVEN PLAGUES
92. 92.CHAPTER LXXXVI — A NEW CITY GOVERNMENT
93. 93.CHAPTER LXXXVII — NORAH FINDS OUT
94. 94.CHAPTER LXXXVIII — THE SHOOTING OF HENEY
95. 95.CHAPTER LXXXIX — DEFEAT OF THE PROSECUTION
96. 96.CHAPTER XC — THE MEASURE OF REDEMPTION
97. 97.CHAPTER XCI — CONCLUSION

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