Sixty Years in Southern California 1853-1913 Containing the Reminiscences of Harris Newmark
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SIXTY YEARS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
INTRODUCTION
FOREWORD
PREFACE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH 1834-1853
CHAPTER II WESTWARD, HO! 1853
CHAPTER III NEW YORK—NICARAGUA—THE GOLDEN GATE 1853
CHAPTER IV FIRST ADVENTURES IN LOS ANGELES 1853
CHAPTER V LAWYERS AND COURTS 1853
CHAPTER VI MERCHANTS AND SHOPS 1853
CHAPTER VII IN AND NEAR THE OLD PUEBLO 1853
CHAPTER VIII ROUND ABOUT THE PLAZA 1853-1854
CHAPTER IX FAMILIAR HOME-SCENES 1854
CHAPTER X EARLY SOCIAL LIFE 1854
CHAPTER XI THE RUSH FOR GOLD 1855
CHAPTER XII THE GREAT HORSE RACE 1855
CHAPTER XIII PRINCELY RANCHO DOMAINS 1855
CHAPTER XIV ORCHARDS AND VINEYARDS 1856
CHAPTER XV SHERIFF BARTON AND THE BANDIDOS 1857
CHAPTER XVI MARRIAGE—THE BUTTERFIELD STAGES 1858
CHAPTER XVII ADMISSION TO CITIZENSHIP 1859
CHAPTER XVIII FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE TELEGRAPH 1860
CHAPTER XIX STEAM-WAGON—ODD CHARACTERS 1860
CHAPTER XX THE RUMBLINGS OF WAR 1861
CHAPTER XXI HANCOCK—LADY FRANKLIN—THE DELUGE 1861
CHAPTER XXII DROUGHTS—THE ADA HANCOCK DISASTER 1862-1863
CHAPTER XXIII ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN 1864-1865
CHAPTER XXIV H. NEWMARK & CO.—CARLISLE-KING DUEL 1865-1866
CHAPTER XXV REMOVAL TO NEW YORK, AND RETURN 1867-1868
CHAPTER XXVI THE CERRO GORDO MINES 1869
CHAPTER XXVII COMING OF THE IRON HORSE 1869
CHAPTER XXVIII THE LAST OF THE VIGILANTES 1870
CHAPTER XXIX THE CHINESE MASSACRE 1871
CHAPTER XXX THE WOOL CRAZE 1872-1873
CHAPTER XXXI THE END OF VASQUEZ 1874
CHAPTER XXXII THE SANTA ANITA RANCHO 1875
CHAPTER XXXIII LOS ANGELES & INDEPENDENCE RAILROAD 1876
CHAPTER XXXIV THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC 1876
CHAPTER XXXV THE REVIVAL OF THE SOUTHLAND 1877-1880
CHAPTER XXXVI CENTENARY OF THE CITY—ELECTRIC LIGHT 1881-1884
CHAPTER XXXVII REPETTO AND THE LAWYERS 1885-1887
CHAPTER XXXVIII THE GREAT BOOM 1887
CHAPTER XXXIX PROPOSED STATE DIVISION 1888-1891
CHAPTER XL THE FIRST FIESTAS 1892-1897
CHAPTER XLI THE SOUTHWEST ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1898-1905
CHAPTER XLII THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE 1906-1910
CHAPTER XLIII RETROSPECTION 1910-1913
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