The Golden State: A History of the Region West of the Rocky Mountains; Embracing California, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Idaho, Washington Territory, British Columbia, and Alaska, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time...with a History of Mormonism and the MormonsW. Flint, 1872 - 671 pages |
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... deep into the water and exclaimed to his soldiers and followers , " Spectators of both hemispheres , I call you to witness that I take possession of this part of the universe for the crown of Castile . My sword shall defend what my arm ...
... deep into the water and exclaimed to his soldiers and followers , " Spectators of both hemispheres , I call you to witness that I take possession of this part of the universe for the crown of Castile . My sword shall defend what my arm ...
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... deep , I could not succeed in getting over . I re- turned to this place ( it being the only point to kill meat ) to wait a few weeks until the snow melts , so that I can go on . The Indians here also being friendly , I consider it the ...
... deep , I could not succeed in getting over . I re- turned to this place ( it being the only point to kill meat ) to wait a few weeks until the snow melts , so that I can go on . The Indians here also being friendly , I consider it the ...
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... deep interest in encouraging emi- gration to the Pacific . As early as 1820 , John B. Floyd , a member of Congress from Virginia , framed a bill and presented it to that body , " favoring emigration to the country west of the Rocky ...
... deep interest in encouraging emi- gration to the Pacific . As early as 1820 , John B. Floyd , a member of Congress from Virginia , framed a bill and presented it to that body , " favoring emigration to the country west of the Rocky ...
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... deep ravines , biting frosts , and increasing depth of snow , without trail or hope of speedy relief , he passed New Year's day , 1844. From this period until March following , this little band battled daily against the rigid frosts and ...
... deep ravines , biting frosts , and increasing depth of snow , without trail or hope of speedy relief , he passed New Year's day , 1844. From this period until March following , this little band battled daily against the rigid frosts and ...
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... deep sea came a strange people , the seal of whose national exclusiveness had never been broken until touched by the magic shock of gold in the sands and hills of the new world . They were a peculiar people . The similarity of physical ...
... deep sea came a strange people , the seal of whose national exclusiveness had never been broken until touched by the magic shock of gold in the sands and hills of the new world . They were a peculiar people . The similarity of physical ...
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acres agricultural Alaska American annually Atlantic Bay of San beautiful British Columbia bushels Cali California caņons cattle Chinese climate Coast Range Columbia river county-seat discovery east feet foreign birth forests fornia Fremont fruits gold Golden Gate grape grazing grow hills horses Humboldt Humboldt county hundred and fifty hundred miles Idaho Indians interior islands labor land Marin county Mexican Mexico miles in length mineral mines Monterey Mormon native native Americans navigable northern Oregon Pacific coast Pacific ocean population portion pounds precious metals produced Puget sound railroad region rich Rocky mountains Sacramento Salt lake San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin Santa Barbara Santa Barbara county sheep ship silver Siskiyou county snow soil Sonoma southern Spanish springs square miles steamers streams summer tain thousand tion towns trees twenty United Utah valleys vast vessels Washington Territory wheat whole width wild winter
Popular passages
Page 276 - ... local customs or rules of miners in the several mining districts, so far as the same are applicable and not inconsistent with the laws of the United States.
Page 589 - We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
Page 278 - ... sold to citizens of the United States, or persons who have declared their intention to become such...
Page 277 - As a condition of sale, in the absence of necessary legislation by Congress, the local legislature of any State or Territory may provide rules for working mines, involving easements, drainage, and other necessary means to their complete development; and those conditions shall be fully expressed in the patent.
Page 42 - Majesty's right and title to the same ; namely a plate, nailed upon a fair great post, whereupon was engraved her Majesty's name, the day and year of our arrival there, with the free giving up of the province and people into her Majesty's hands, together with her Highness...
Page 250 - GOL'D!!! —while the field is left half planted, the house half built, and everything neglected but the manufacture of shovels and pick-axes, and the means of transportation to the spot where one man obtained one hundred and twenty-eight dollars' worth of the real stuff in one day's washing, and the average for all concerned is twenty dollars per diem...
Page 589 - We believe the Bible to be the word of God, as far as it is translated correctly ; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.
Page 278 - 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, and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed...
Page 249 - There is no doubt but that gold, silver, quicksilver, copper, lead, sulphur and coal mines, are to be found all over California, and it is equally doubtful whether, under their present owners, they will ever be worked.
Page 146 - Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very close to the side of the Terrestrial Paradise; and it was peopled by black women, without any man among them, for they lived in the fashion of Amazons.