History of the State of California and Biographical Record of the Sierras: An Historical Story of the State’s Marvelous Growth From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from History of the State of California and Biographical Record of the Sierras: An Historical Story of the State’s Marvelous Growth From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time<br><br>The subject has been presented by topic observing so far as possible the chronological order of the events. In collecting material for this work I have visited all the large libraries of the state have consulted state and county archives and have scanned thousands of pages of newspapers and magazines. Where extracts have been made due credit has been given in the body of the work. I have received valuable assistance from librarians from pioneers of the state from editors and others. To all who have assist ed me I return my sincere thanks.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.