BY

CHARLES WARREN STODDARD

NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION

CHARLES PHILLIPS

SAN FRANCISCO A.M. Robertson MCMXII

TO MY FATHER SAMUEL BURR STODDARD, ESQ. FOR HALF A CENTURY A CITIZEN OF SAN FRANCISCO

THOUGH THE KINDNESS OF THE EDITORS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, THE CENTURY MAGAZINE, THE OVERLAND MONTHLY, THE AVE MARIA, NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, THE VICTORIAN REVIEW, MELBOURNE

SAN FRANCISCO A.M. Robertson MCMXII

TO MY FATHER SAMUEL BURR STODDARD, ESQ. FOR HALF A CENTURY A CITIZEN OF SAN FRANCISCO

THOUGH THE KINDNESS OF THE EDITORS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, THE CENTURY MAGAZINE, THE OVERLAND MONTHLY, THE AVE MARIA, NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, THE VICTORIAN REVIEW, MELBOURNE

NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION

CHARLES PHILLIPS

SAN FRANCISCO A.M. Robertson MCMXII

TO MY FATHER SAMUEL BURR STODDARD, ESQ. FOR HALF A CENTURY A CITIZEN OF SAN FRANCISCO

THOUGH THE KINDNESS OF THE EDITORS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, THE CENTURY MAGAZINE, THE OVERLAND MONTHLY, THE AVE MARIA, NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, THE VICTORIAN REVIEW, MELBOURNE

SAN FRANCISCO A.M. Robertson MCMXII

TO MY FATHER SAMUEL BURR STODDARD, ESQ. FOR HALF A CENTURY A CITIZEN OF SAN FRANCISCO

THOUGH THE KINDNESS OF THE EDITORS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, THE CENTURY MAGAZINE, THE OVERLAND MONTHLY, THE AVE MARIA, NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, THE VICTORIAN REVIEW, MELBOURNE

INTRODUCTION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE BELLS OF SAN GABRIEL

IN THE FOOTPRINTS OF THE PADRES

View of Montgomery, Post and Market Streets, San Francisco, 1858

OLD DAYS IN EL DORADO

I.

"STRANGE COUNTRIES FOR TO SEE"

II.

CROSSING THE ISTHMUS

III.

ALONG THE PACIFIC SHORE

Fort Point at the Golden Gate

ALONG THE PACIFIC SHORE

Fort Point at the Golden Gate

IV.

IN THE WAKE OF DRAKE

The Outer Signal Station at the Golden Gate

IN THE WAKE OF DRAKE

The Outer Signal Station at the Golden Gate

V.

ATOP O' TELEGRAPH HILL

City of Oakland in 1856

ATOP O' TELEGRAPH HILL

City of Oakland in 1856

VI.

PAVEMENT PICTURES

Interior of the El Dorado

Warner's at Meigg's Wharf

Interior of the El Dorado

Warner's at Meigg's Wharf

PAVEMENT PICTURES

Interior of the El Dorado

Warner's at Meigg's Wharf

Interior of the El Dorado

Warner's at Meigg's Wharf

VII.

A BOY'S OUTING

The Old Flume at Black Point, 1856

A BOY'S OUTING

The Old Flume at Black Point, 1856

VIII.

THE MISSION DOLORES

Lone Mountain, 1856

THE MISSION DOLORES

Lone Mountain, 1856

IX.

SOCIAL SAN FRANCISCO

X.

HAPPY VALLEY

Russ Gardens, 1856

HAPPY VALLEY

Russ Gardens, 1856

XI.

THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE

Certificate of Membership, Vigilance Committee, 1856

THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE

Certificate of Membership, Vigilance Committee, 1856

XII.

THE SURVIVOR'S STORY

West from Black Point, 1856

THE SURVIVOR'S STORY

West from Black Point, 1856

A BIT OF OLD CHINA

"China is Not More Chinese than this Section of Our Christian City."

"Rag Alley" in Old Chinatown

The Farallones

"Rag Alley" in Old Chinatown

The Farallones

"China is Not More Chinese than this Section of Our Christian City."

"Rag Alley" in Old Chinatown

The Farallones

"Rag Alley" in Old Chinatown

The Farallones

WITH THE EGG-PICKERS OF THE FARALLONES

Murre on their Nests, Farallone Islands

A MEMORY OF MONTEREY

I

Monterey, 1850

II.

San Carlos de Carmelo

III.

IN A CALIFORNIAN BUNGALOW

"The Huge Court of that Luxurious Caravansary."

"The Gallery Among the Huge Vases of Palms and Creepers."

"The Huge Court of that Luxurious Caravansary."

"The Gallery Among the Huge Vases of Palms and Creepers."

PRIMEVAL CALIFORNIA

INLAND YACHTING

Meigg's Wharf in 1856

Telegraph Hill, 1855

Meigg's Wharf in 1856

Telegraph Hill, 1855

IN YOSEMITE SHADOWS

Sentinel Hotel, Yosemite, in 1869

AN AFFAIR OF THE MISTY CITY

I.

WHAT THE MOON SHONE ON

II.

WHAT THE SUN SHONE ON

San Francisco in 1856

WHAT THE SUN SHONE ON

San Francisco in 1856

III.

BALM OF HURT WOUNDS

IV.