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Out of Doors—California and OregonOut of Doors—California and OregonA Motor Trip in San Diego's Back Country A Hunting Trip in the Long Ago Professor Lo, Philosopher A Great Day's Sport on Warner's Ranch Boyhood Days in Early California Last Quail Shoot of the Year 1911 An Auto Trip...
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Fascinating San FranciscoFascinating San FranciscoEnthroned on hills, San Francisco captivates the stranger who sees it from the Bay by the vivacity of its landscape long before revealing any of its intimate lures. Whether you approach in the early morning, when gulls arc wheeling above the palette...
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Reminiscences of a PioneerReminiscences of a PioneerColonel William Thompson Frontispiece (From photo taken at close of Bannock War) Typical Scene in the Lava Beds Runway and Fort in Lava Beds Captain Jack's Cave in the Lava Beds Captain Jack (From photo belonging to Jas. D. Fairchild, Yreka,...
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The Lure of San Francisco: A Romance Amid Old LandmarksThe Lure of San Francisco: A Romance Amid Old LandmarksThe average visitor considers California's claim to historic recognition as dating from the discovery of gold. Her children, both by birth and adoption, have a hazy pride in her Spanish origin but are too busy...
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Keeping up with LizzieKeeping up with LizzieThe Honorable Socrates Potter was the only "scientific man" in the village of Pointview, Connecticut. In every point of manhood he was far ahead of his neighbors. In a way he had outstripped himself, for, while his ideas were highly modern,...
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Building a State in Apache LandBuilding a State in Apache LandIn San Francisco in the early fifties, there was a house on the northeast corner of Stockton and Washington, of considerable architectural pretensions for the period, which was called the "Government Boarding House." The cause of this appellation was...
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Wild Wings: A Romance of YouthWild Wings: A Romance of Youth 1921 Among the voluble, excited, commencement-bound crowd that boarded the Northampton train at Springfield two male passengers were conspicuous for their silence as they sat absorbed in their respective newspapers which each had hurriedly purchased in transit from...
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The Discovery of Yellowstone ParkThe Discovery of Yellowstone Park - Journal of the Washburn Expedition to the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers in the Year 1870 When the rumored discovery in the year 1861 of extensive gold placers on Salmon river was confirmed, the intelligence spread through the states...
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The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic FateThe Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic FateOut of the sunshine and shadows of sixty-eight years come these personal recollections of Californiaof the period when American civilization first crossed its mountain heights and entered its overland gateways. I seem to hear the...
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Count the CostCount the Cost - An Address to the People of Connecticut, On Sundry Political Subjects, and Particularly on the Proposition for a New Constitution"However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course...
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A Florida Sketch-BookA Florida Sketch-BookIn approaching Jacksonville by rail, the traveler rides hour after hour through seemingly endless pine barrens, otherwise known as low pine-woods and flat-woods, till he wearies of the sight. It would be hard, he thinks, to imagine a region more unwholesome looking...
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Oregon, Washington and Alaska Sights and Scenes for the TouristOregon, Washington and Alaska; Sights and Scenes for the TouristALBANY, N.Y.23 Maiden LaneJ.D. TENBROECK. Trav. Pass. Agt. BOSTON, MASS.290 Washington St.W.S. CONDELL, New England Freight and Passenger Agent. J.S. SMITH, Traveling Passenger Agent. E.M. NEWBEGIN, Traveling Freight and Passenger Agent. A.P. MASSEY, Passenger and...
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Betty's Bright Idea Deacon Pitkin's Farm and the First Christmas of New EnglandBetty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and the First Christmas of New EnglandSome say that ever, 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrate, The bird of dawning singeth all night long. And then, they say, no evil spirit walks; The nights...
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Biographical Memorials of James OglethorpeBiographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe - Founder of the Colony of Georgia, in North America.Having visited the South for the benefit of my health, I arrived at Savannah, in Georgia, on the 10th of February, 1834; and, indulging the common inquisitiveness of a stranger...
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Mercy Philbrick's ChoiceMercy Philbrick's ChoiceTo one who found us on a starless night, All helpless, groping in a dangerous way, Where countless treacherous hidden pitfalls lay, And, seeing all our peril, flashed a light To show to our bewildered, blinded sight, By one swift, clear, and...
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Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan CousinKalitan, Our Little Alaskan CousinAway up toward the frozen north lies the great peninsula, which the United States bought from the Russians, and thus became responsible for the native peoples from whom the Russians had taken the land. There are many kinds of people...
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The Land of Little RainThe Land of Little RainI confess to a great liking for the Indian fashion of name-giving: every man known by that phrase which best expresses him to whoso names him. Thus he may be Mighty-Hunter, or Man-Afraid-of-a-Bear, according as he is called by friend...
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Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. PaulReminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul - A Collection of Articles Written for and Published in the Daily Pioneer PressIf James M. Goodhue could revisit the earth and make a tour among the daily newspaper offices of St. Paul he would discover that...
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The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and GuideThe Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide - An Autobiography You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect...
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The Mountains of CaliforniaThe Mountains of California Go where you may within the bounds of California, mountains are ever in sight, charming and glorifying every landscape. Yet so simple and massive is the topography of the State in general views, that the main central portion displays only...
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