The Forty-Niners: A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado

The Forty-Niners: A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado

The Forty-Niners: A Chronicle of the California Trail and El DoradoThe dominant people of California have been...
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The Forty-Niners: A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado

The Forty-Niners: A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado

$19.99 $9.99

The Forty-Niners: A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado

$19.99 $9.99
Author: White, Stewart Edward,1873-1946
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Forty-Niners: A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado

The dominant people of California have been successively aborigines, conquistadores, monks, the dreamy, romantic, unenergetic peoples of Spain, the roaring mlange of Forty-nine, and finally the modern citizens, who are so distinctive that they bid fair to become a subspecies of their own. This modern society has, in its evolution, something unique. To be sure, other countries also have passed through these same phases. But while the processes have consumed a leisurely five hundred years or so elsewhere, here they have been subjected to forced growth. The tourist traveler is inclined to look upon the crumbling yet beautiful remains of the old missions, those venerable relics in a bustling modern land, as he looks upon the enduring remains of old Rome. Yet there are today many unconsidered New England farmhouses older than the oldest western mission, and there are men now living who witnessed the passing of Spanish California. Though the existence of California had been known for centuries, and the dates of her first visitors are many hundreds of years old, nevertheless Spain attempted no actual occupation until she was forced to it by political necessity. Until that time she had little use for the country. After early investigations had exploded her dream of more treasure cities similar to those looted by Corts and Pizarro, her interest promptly died. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 12764
Author: White, Stewart Edward
Release Date: Jun 28, 2004
Format: eBook
Language: English

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