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Sixty Years in Southern California

Sixty Years in Southern California

by Harris Newmark

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Author
Newmark, Harris, 1834-1916
Title
Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853-1913 Containing the Reminiscences of Harris Newmark
Credits
Produced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
F850.5: United States local history: Pacific States
Subject
California, Southern
Category
Text
eBook-No.
42680
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42680
Release Date
May 10, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.SIXTY YEARS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION
  3. 3.FOREWORD
  4. 4.PREFACE
  5. 5.CONTENTS
  6. 6.ILLUSTRATIONS
  7. 7.CHAPTER I CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH 1834-1853
  8. 8.CHAPTER II WESTWARD, HO! 1853
  9. 9.CHAPTER III NEW YORK—NICARAGUA—THE GOLDEN GATE 1853
  10. 10.CHAPTER IV FIRST ADVENTURES IN LOS ANGELES 1853
  11. 11.CHAPTER V LAWYERS AND COURTS 1853
  12. 12.CHAPTER VI MERCHANTS AND SHOPS 1853
  13. 13.CHAPTER VII IN AND NEAR THE OLD PUEBLO 1853
  14. 14.CHAPTER VIII ROUND ABOUT THE PLAZA 1853-1854
  15. 15.CHAPTER IX FAMILIAR HOME-SCENES 1854
  16. 16.CHAPTER X EARLY SOCIAL LIFE 1854
  17. 17.CHAPTER XI THE RUSH FOR GOLD 1855
  18. 18.CHAPTER XII THE GREAT HORSE RACE 1855
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIII PRINCELY RANCHO DOMAINS 1855
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIV ORCHARDS AND VINEYARDS 1856
  21. 21.CHAPTER XV SHERIFF BARTON AND THE BANDIDOS 1857
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVI MARRIAGE—THE BUTTERFIELD STAGES 1858
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVII ADMISSION TO CITIZENSHIP 1859
  24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE TELEGRAPH 1860
  25. 25.CHAPTER XIX STEAM-WAGON—ODD CHARACTERS 1860
  26. 26.CHAPTER XX THE RUMBLINGS OF WAR 1861
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXI HANCOCK—LADY FRANKLIN—THE DELUGE 1861
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXII DROUGHTS—THE ADA HANCOCK DISASTER 1862-1863
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN 1864-1865
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV H. NEWMARK & CO.—CARLISLE-KING DUEL 1865-1866
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXV REMOVAL TO NEW YORK, AND RETURN 1867-1868
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI THE CERRO GORDO MINES 1869
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII COMING OF THE IRON HORSE 1869
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII THE LAST OF THE VIGILANTES 1870
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX THE CHINESE MASSACRE 1871
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXX THE WOOL CRAZE 1872-1873
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXI THE END OF VASQUEZ 1874
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXII THE SANTA ANITA RANCHO 1875
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIII LOS ANGELES & INDEPENDENCE RAILROAD 1876
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIV THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC 1876
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXV THE REVIVAL OF THE SOUTHLAND 1877-1880
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVI CENTENARY OF THE CITY—ELECTRIC LIGHT 1881-1884
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVII REPETTO AND THE LAWYERS 1885-1887
  44. 44.CHAPTER XXXVIII THE GREAT BOOM 1887
  45. 45.CHAPTER XXXIX PROPOSED STATE DIVISION 1888-1891
  46. 46.CHAPTER XL THE FIRST FIESTAS 1892-1897
  47. 47.CHAPTER XLI THE SOUTHWEST ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1898-1905
  48. 48.CHAPTER XLII THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE 1906-1910
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLIII RETROSPECTION 1910-1913
  50. 50.INDEX
  51. 51.FOOTNOTES

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