Spanish and Indian Place Names of California: their meaning and their romance

About this eBook

Author

Sanchez, Nellie Van de Grift, 1856-1935

Title

Spanish and Indian place names of California: Their Meaning and Their Romance

Credits

Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

F850.5: United States local history: Pacific States

Subject

Names, Indian -- California

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 59251

Release Date

April 11, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SPANISH AND INDIAN PLACE NAMES OF CALIFORNIA
2. 2.AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.I. INTRODUCTION.
6. 6.II CALIFORNIA
7. 7.III IN AND ABOUT SAN DIEGO — CORONADO BEACH — SAN LUÍS REY — PALA — SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — SUPPLEMENTARY LIST
8. 8.IV LOS ÁNGELES AND HER NEIGHBORS — EL RANCHO LA BREA — LOS OJITOS — SANTA ANA — SANTA MÓNICA — SANTA CATALINA — LAS ÁNIMAS BENDITAS — SAN GABRIEL — SAN FERNANDO — TEMESCAL — SAN BERNARDINO — SUPPLEMENTARY LIST
9. 9.V IN THE VICINITY OF SANTA BÁRBARA — SAN BUENAVENTURA — ASUNCIÓN — EL BAILARÍN — CARPINTERÍA — MONTECITO — SANTA CRUZ ISLAND — RANCHERÍA DE LA ESPADA — MATILIJA — POINT PEDERNALES — CAMULOS — SUPPLEMENTARY LIST
10. 10.VI THE SAN LUÍS OBISPO GROUP — SAN MIGUEL — PASO DE ROBLES — SUPPLEMENTARY LIST
11. 11.VII IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF MONTEREY — SAN ANTONIO — POINT CYPRESS — POINT PINOS — SALINAS — SOLEDAD — PÁJARO — SANTA CRUZ — SAN JUAN BAUTISTA — SUPPLEMENTARY LIST
12. 12.VIII THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY — SAN JOSÉ — PALO ALTO — LA SALUD — LOS GATOS — SUPPLEMENTARY LIST
13. 13.IX AROUND SAN FRANCISCO BAY — THE GOLDEN GATE — ALCATRAZ — ANGEL ISLAND — YERBA BUENA ISLAND — MARE ISLAND — ALAMEDA — LOS FARALLONES — MOUNT TAMALPAIS — MOUNT DIABLO — SAUSALITO — MARIN COUNTY — TIBURÓN — SAN RAFAEL — BENICIA — LAS PULGAS RANCHO — POINT LOBOS — SUPPLEMENTARY LIST
14. 14.X NORTH OF SAN FRANCISCO — SONOMA — NAPA — CARNE HUMANA — SANTA ROSA — MENDOCINO COUNTY — KLAMATH — MODOC COUNTY — SHASTA — SISKIYOU COUNTY — TRINITY COUNTY — YREKA — SUPPLEMENTARY LIST
15. 15.XI THE CENTRAL VALLEY — TEHAMA COUNTY — COLUSA — YUBA — YOLO — SOLANO — SUISÚN — SACRAMENTO — COSUMNE — SAN JOAQUÍN — STANISLAUS — MERCED — MADERA COUNTY — FRESNO COUNTY — KINGS COUNTY — TULARE COUNTY — SUPPLEMENTARY LIST
16. 16.XII IN THE SIERRAS — THE SIERRA NEVADA — PIT RIVER — PLUMAS — THE AMERICAN RIVER — EL DORADO COUNTY — PLACER COUNTY — THE TRUCKEE RIVER — LAKE TAHOE — AMADOR COUNTY — CALAVERAS — TUOLUMNE — MARIPOSA — YOSEMITE — MONO — INYO — AMARGOSA RIVER — SUPPLEMENTARY LIST — CAMINO REAL
17. 17.PRONUNCIATION OF SPANISH NAMES. — VOWELS. — CONSONANTS. — ACCENT. — ARTICLES. — LIST OF NAMES MOST LIKELY TO BE MISPRONOUNCED, WITH THEIR PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION.
18. 18.FINAL LIST AND INDEX
19. 19.ADDENDA

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