Stories of California
by Ella M. Sexton
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About this eBook
- Author
- Sexton, Ella M. (Ella May), 1851-1934
- Credits
- Produced by Ronald Holder and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F850.5: United States local history: Pacific States
- Subject
- California -- History
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 13232
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13232
- Release Date
- August 20, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.STORIES OF CALIFORNIA — BY
- 2.ELLA M. SEXTON — NEW YORK
- 3.THE MACMILLAN COMPANY — LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. — 1903 — All rights reserved — 1902, — BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. — Set up, electrotyped, and published September, 1902. Reprinted October, 1903. — Normond Press J.S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
- 4.FOREWORD
- 5.CONTENTS
- 6.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 7.STORIES OF CALIFORNIA — STORIES OF CALIFORNIA
- 8.CALIFORNIA'S NAME AND EARLY HISTORY
- 9.THE STORY OF THE MISSIONS AND OF FATHER SERRA
- 10.BEFORE THE GRINGOS CAME
- 11.THE AMERICANS AND THE BEAR-FLAG REPUBLIC
- 12.THE DAYS OF GOLD AND THE ARGONAUTS OF 1849
- 13.MINING STORIES
- 14.HOW POLLY ELLIOTT CAME ACROSS THE PLAINS
- 15.THE BUILDING OF THE OVERLAND RAILROAD
- 16.STORY OF THE WHEAT FIELDS
- 17.ORCHARD, FARM, AND VINEYARD
- 18.THE STORY OF THE NAVEL ORANGE
- 19.THE LEMON
- 20.FLOWERS AND PLANTS
- 21.THE BIG TREES AND LUMBERING
- 22.OUR BIRDS
- 23.OUR WILD ANIMALS
- 24.IN SALT WATER AND FRESH
- 25.ABOUT CALIFORNIA'S INDIANS
- 26.THE STORY OF SAN FRANCISCO
- 27.MEN CALIFORNIA REMEMBERS
- 28.OUR GLORIOUS CLIMATE
- 29.SOME WONDERFUL SIGHTS — PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY
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