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The Great Salt Lake TrailThe Great Salt Lake TrailThere are seven historic trails crossing the great plains of the interior of the continent, all of which for a portion of their distance traverse the geographical limits of what is now the prosperous commonwealth of Kansas. None of these...
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Four Months in a Sneak-BoxFour Months in a Sneak-Box - A Boat Voyage of 2600 Miles Down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and Along the Gulf of Mexico Title: Four Months in a Sneak-Box Subtitle: A Boat Voyage of 2600 Miles Down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and...
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Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the PlainsThirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains - An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far WestIn writing this preface I do so with the full...
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The Sea FogsThe Sea Fogs Robert Louis Stevenson first came to California in 1879 for the purpose of getting married. The things that delayed his marriage are sufficiently set forth in his "Letters" (edited by Sidney Colvin) and in his "Life" (written by Graham Balfour). It...
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The Famous Missions of CaliforniaThe Famous Missions of California On the 1st of July, 1769a day forever memorable in the annals of Californiaa small party of men, worn out by the fatigues and hardships of their long and perilous journey from San Fernandez de Villicat, came in sight...
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Thomas Hariot, the Mathematician, the Philosopher and the ScholarThomas Hariot, the Mathematician, the Philosopher and the Scholar [Redactors note: Very little is known of Thomas Hariot; his only published works are the Briefe and true report (PG#4247) and the posthumous Praxis, a handbook of algebra. He anticipated the law of refraction, corresponded...
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Agatha WebbAgatha WebbIA Cry on the Hill IIOne Night's Work IIIThe Empty Drawer IVThe Full Drawer VA Spot on the Lawn VI"Breakfast is Served, Gentlemen!" VII"Marry Me" VIII"A Devil That Understands Men" IXA Grand Woman XDetective Knapp Arrives XIThe Man with a Beard XIIWattles Comes...
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Minnesota and DacotahMinnesota and DacotahDuring the last autumn I made a tour into Minnesota, upwards of a hundred and thirty miles north-west of St. Paul, to satisfy myself as to the character and prospects of the territory. All I could learn from personal observation, and otherwise,...
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The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San FranciscoThe March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San Francisco In the annals of adventure, there are no more thrilling narratives of heroic perseverance in the performance of duty than the record of Spanish exploration in America. To those of us...
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California and the CaliforniansCalifornia and the Californians The Californian loves his state because his state loves him. He returns her love with a fierce affection that to men who do not know California is always a surprise. Hence he is impatient of outside criticism. Those who do...
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San Francisco During the Eventful Days of April 1906San Francisco During the Eventful Days of April 1906 As the earthquake and the great fire in San Francisco in the year 1906 were events of such unusual interest, and realizing how faulty is man's memory after time passes, I have here jotted down...
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Vignettes of San FranciscoVignettes of San Francisco In the same way that the poets have loved Rome and made their pilgrimages thereas good Moslems travel toward Mecca, so there are some of us who have come to San Francisco. Then when we arrive and find it all...
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The Vigilance Committee of 1856The Vigilance Committee of 1856 Many accounts of the Vigilance Committee of San Francisco have been published, but all of them, so far as I have seen, were from the pen of members of that organization, or else from persons who favored it. As...
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California Romantic and ResourcefulCalifornia Romantic and Resourceful - A plea for the Collection, Preservation and Diffusion of Information Relating to Pacific Coast History The Californian loves his state because his state loves him. He returns her love with a fierce affection that to men who do not...
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California, 1849-1913 Or, The Rambling Sketches and Experiences of Sixty-four Years' Residence in that StateCalifornia, 1849-1913; Or, The Rambling Sketches and Experiences of Sixty-four Years' Residence in that State The year 1849 has a peculiarly thrilling sensation to the California Pioneer, not realized by those who came at a later date. My purpose in recording some of my...
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A Tramp Through the Bret Harte CountryA Tramp Through the Bret Harte Country A desire to obtain, at first hand, any possible information in regard to reminiscences of Bret Harte, Mark Twain and others of the little coterie of writers, who in the early fifties visited the mining camps of...
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Ethan FromeEthan Frome I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story. If you know Starkfield, Massachusetts, you know the post-office. If you know the post-office you must have seen...
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David Crockett: His Life and AdventuresDavid Crockett: His Life and Adventures David Crockett certainly was not a model man. But he was a representative man. He was conspicuously one of a very numerous class, still existing, and which has heretofore exerted a very powerful influence over this republic. As...
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The Romance of the Colorado RiverThe Romance of the Colorado River - The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons Early in 1871, when Major Powell[1] was...
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Ragged Lady — CompleteRagged Lady — Complete It was their first summer at Middlemount and the Landers did not know the roads. When they came to a place where they had a choice of two, she said that now he must get out of the carry-all and...
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