Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County, California: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men & PioneersP. Sioli, 1883 - 272 Seiten |
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... became convinced of the feasibility of his plan , which cuted , and no attempt to create any settlement on the consisted in the conversion of the inhabitants , and coast was made until 1683 , when an expedition under saving their souls ...
... became convinced of the feasibility of his plan , which cuted , and no attempt to create any settlement on the consisted in the conversion of the inhabitants , and coast was made until 1683 , when an expedition under saving their souls ...
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... became rule all over of the greater part of the civil world . Europe , and whose life's result was a total change of history and geography , In the meantime Portala , with sixty - five soldiers 6 HISTORY OF EL DORADO COUNTY , CALIFORNIA .
... became rule all over of the greater part of the civil world . Europe , and whose life's result was a total change of history and geography , In the meantime Portala , with sixty - five soldiers 6 HISTORY OF EL DORADO COUNTY , CALIFORNIA .
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... became the Botany Bay of Indians were dressed - Mission Lands - Agricultural Imple- America . " ments and style of Farm Work - Threshing - Amount of grain used in Upper California in 1831 - Value of Field Products - Flouring Mills ...
... became the Botany Bay of Indians were dressed - Mission Lands - Agricultural Imple- America . " ments and style of Farm Work - Threshing - Amount of grain used in Upper California in 1831 - Value of Field Products - Flouring Mills ...
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... became a part of the United States . The nineteenth century was ushered in amid great irregularities of nature , characteristic of this coast . We take some information out of a letter of Herme- negildo Sal , captain of the presidio at ...
... became a part of the United States . The nineteenth century was ushered in amid great irregularities of nature , characteristic of this coast . We take some information out of a letter of Herme- negildo Sal , captain of the presidio at ...
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... became better informed than the Spaniard ever A colonization law was passed in Congress and had been , and a good many of them stayed here and issued in August , 1824 , being in many respects became settlers , making up not the ...
... became better informed than the Spaniard ever A colonization law was passed in Congress and had been , and a good many of them stayed here and issued in August , 1824 , being in many respects became settlers , making up not the ...
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acres American river arrived born bridge built California camp canal canyon Captain Castro claim coast Coloma command commenced Cosumnes county seat crossed Diamond Springs Diggings district ditch Dorado county east El Dorado county elected emigrants engaged farm father February feet Flat Folsom Fremont George Georgetown gold Governor Greenwood Greenwood valley horses hundred inches Indians James January John Jose July Kelsey Lake land ledge located March married Messrs Mexican Mexico Micheltorena Middle Fork mill miners mining Mission of San Monterey Mormon Island Mountain Democrat mountains old Mormon station Pacific party passed Pilot Hill Placer county Placerville quartz railroad ranch residence returned road rock route Sacramento San Francisco Santa Shingle Springs Sierra Nevada snow South Fork Spanish Stockton Sutter Sutter's fort Thomas tion took town United vote wagon Weber creek William
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Seite 105 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Seite 56 - ... we came unexpectedly into a large Indian village, where the people looked clean, and wore cotton shirts and various other articles of dress. They immediately crowded around us, and we had the inexpressible delight to find one who spoke a little indifferent Spanish...
Seite 51 - Two Indians joined our party here; and one of them, an old man, immediately began to harangue us, saying that ourselves and animals would perish in the snow, and that if we would go back, he would show us another and a better way across the mountain.
Seite 105 - All patents granted, or pre-emption or homesteads allowed, shall be subject to any vested and accrued water rights, or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights, as may have been acquired under or recognized by the preceding section.
Seite 54 - Ascending a height, we traced out the best line we could discover for the next day's march, and had at least the consolation to see that the mountain descended rapidly. The day had been one of April; gusty, with a few occasional flakes of snow ; which, in the afternoon, enveloped the upper mountain in clouds. We watched them anxiously, as now we dreaded a snow-storm.
Seite 54 - The elevation above the sea, by the boiling point, is 8,565 feet. 23d. — This was our most difficult day ; we were forced off the ridges by the quantity of snow among the timber, and obliged to take to the mountain sides, where occasionally rocks and a southern exposure afforded us a chance to scramble along. But these were steep, and slippery with snow and ice ; and the tough evergreens of the mountain impeded our way, tore our skins, and exhausted our patience.
Seite 139 - We shall endeavor to advance our cause by laboring to accomplish the following objects : To develop a better and higher manhood and womanhood among ourselves. To enhance the comforts and attractions of our homes and strengthen our attachments to our pursuits, to foster mutual understanding and co-operation, to maintain inviolate our laws, and to emulate each other in labor, to hasten the good time coming.
Seite 37 - You may assure the people of those provinces that it is the wish and design of the United States to provide for them a free government, with the least possible delay, similar to that which exists in our territories. They will then be called on to exercise the rights of freemen in electing their own representatives to the territorial legislature.
Seite 56 - Sacramento river about ten miles below. Never did a name sound more sweetly ! We felt ourselves among our countrymen ; for the name of American, in these distant parts, is applied to the citizens of the United States. To our eager inquiries he answered, " I am a vaquero (cowherd) in the service of Capt. Sutter, and the people of this rancheria work for him.
Seite 78 - It broke upon our eyes like the ocean. The neighboring peaks rose high above us, and we ascended one of them to obtain a better view. The waves were curling in the breeze, and their dark-green color showed it to be a body of deep water. For a long time we sat enjoying the view, for we had become fatigued with mountains, and the free expanse of moving waves was very grateful.