A memorial and biographical history of northern California, illustrated. Containing a history of this important section of the Pacific coast from the earliest period of its occupancy...and biographical mention of many of its most eminent pioneers and also of prominent citizens of today

,^C-l \ i\'.\. '^1/ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC .,....'•',GENEALOGYfr'lcA \AF"t1513 1833 01148 4547'C'"'^;?^l''"''^A('''!"!',1.^k."I'll'' I ', , ~,„„. ,.. ^TTi^*^I [1 v.:../ /^a/'' '" "-' "•I'll"V'\"ro'"f'p:::l 1,/:!!''S,ii.;;.lir',„;:.. i i:;„:;i"")''iij,,. '•;.„ii;'^/'ii"t:!"''i:i"'ii ^ 'iMr'i- ' ^^:?1.. ,^'* .r-n,'-*. f 1l ,11 II. J ^-'!!z^i?-^^ ^-OF*^ ^4_ Q, *-<-----—<,---'--- ---,--*^ —-->->-~^-^ —-.-.>->---^ILLUSTRATED,PacificCoqtainiqg a History of this liT[portant Section of the Coast fron-] tl^e EarliestPeriod its Occupancy to th|e Preser^t Time, together with GliiTjpsesofof its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its mostEiT|iqent IVlen, and Biographical Mentioq of n]aqy of itsPioneers and also of Promiqeqt Citizens of To-day,'A people that will never achieve anything -worthytakes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestorsjlfaco'fifiy.to be remembered -with pride by descendants."—OHICA O-O:THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY1891.§aTlow-§iaclair ^HBting (go.,^Chicago.Is ^. .106—General History Towns1'*^Discoverers 9 Butte107Spaniards Nojth of the Bay !) John BidwellHOCatholic Missions 14 Outline of HistoryIllOrganization Press upon the Russians 15 State and CountyH-^Spanish Colonization 20 Material ResourcesHoAmerica Invasion 28 Prices of LandH^Bear Flag Movement 83 ProductionsH**Mexican War 43 Cities and TownsUSSketch of Vallejo 44 Bank of ChicoH^1832-'33- The Great Scourge of 47 ...