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This listing is for the original leather covered book, repaired spine... 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 CITING A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE COUNTRY; EARLY TOYAOES OF SPANISH, ENGLISH PORTUGUESE, FRENCH, RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN NAVIGATORS; RULE OF SPAIN, MEXICO, AND THE UNITED STATES: EARLY SPANISH MISSIONS; REVOLUTIONS; CONQUEST BY MEXICO AND BY THE UNITED STATES; INAUGURATION OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION; DISCOVERY OF GOLD; MINING, MINERALS, COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, AND MANUFACTURES; ALSO, A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE MOUNTAINS, SCENERY, VALLEYS. FORESTS, FLOATERS, RIVERS. LAKES, ISLANDS, DESERTS. WATERFALLS, BAYS, HARBORS, SPRINGS. GEYSERS, CLIMATE. SEASONS, NATIVES. BIRDS, FISHES, BEASTS, LANDS, NAVIGATION", ROADS, DITCHES, CANALS, POPULATION, CUSTOMS, SOCIETY, CHINESE. COURTS, LAWS, EDUCATION, SCHOOLS, RELIGION, CHURCHES. LITERATURE, EMIGRANTS. CITIES, COUNTIES. TOWNS, PROFESSIONS, TRADES, AMUSEMENTS, etc WITH A HISTORY OF MORMONISM AND THE MORMOXS. By E. GUY McCLELLAN (Seventeen Years a Resident of the Pacific Coast,) . AUTHOR OF "REPUBLICANISM IN AMERICA," Etc., Illustrated "with Numerous Maps and Engravings. PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM FLINT & COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, PA., CINCINNATI, OHIO, SPRINGFIELD, MASS. SOUTHERN PUBLISHING COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA. A. ROMAN & CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ILLUSTRATIONS,
Yosemite Falls and Valley, Map of North America, Sir Francis Drake in California, in 1579, Spanish Ship of Seventeenth Centun,', , The Golden Gate and Bay of San Francisco, in 1769, Montgomery Street, San Francisco, in 1849, Mission of San Carlos, in 1770, . . • Mail Service in the Sierras, . . , Sherman, Summit of the Rocky Mountains, . A Buffalo Hunt on the Plains, Monterey, California, in 1846, • Mission Rancho, California, in 1770, Mission of Santa Barbara, in 1786, . • Father Garzes and the Indians in 1775, James Marshall, Discoverer of Gold in California, ** Honest Miners " going Home, Gold Mining in California, in 1849, Interior of "El Dorado" Gambling House, in 1849, Emigrant Train — Gold Hunters in 1849, • Chinese, Gold Mining in California, , , Miners around their Camp-fire, , • , Map of California, . . • • " Big Trees," Mariposa Grove, • • • " Big Trees," Calaveras Grove, , , Nevada Falls, Yosemite Valley, , The Pioneer's Cabin, . . , , Lake Tahoe, Sierra Nevada Mountains, , , First Glimpses of the Sierras, , , MiiTor Lake, Yosemite Valley, , , , Sentinel Rock, Yosemite Valley, . , Donner Lake, Sierra Nevada Mountains, • Tunnel in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, , Lakes in Anderson Valley, . . , The Golden Gate, Bay of San Francisco, Mount Tamalpais, from the Bay of San Francisco,
Farallone Islands, .... Sea Lions, vicinity of the Golden Gate, Seal Rock and the " Cliff House, " Near View of the Yosemite Falls, • Section of Mammoth Tree, . . A Cotillion Party on the Stumps of Mammoth Tree, South, or Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, . • Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley, . . Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite Valley, . North Dome, and Royal Arches, . • The Great Geyser of the Fire-Hole Basin, The Bee-hive, . . . . • The Giantess Geyser, Yellowstone Region, Horse Raising in California, . . • Bull and Bear Fight, . • Lassoing Horses in California, • • Rodeo — Cattle Branding, . • Cape Horn — Sierra Nevada Mountains, • Summit of the Sierras, . . . Pleasant Valley, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Interior of Snow-Sheds, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Giants' Gap, Sierra Nevada Mountains, . American River, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Crossing the Plains, .... Moving on the Plains, . . . Lincoln School House, San Francisco, • First School House in San Francisco, • Custom House in 1849, • • Post Office in San Francisco, in 1 849, • Dennison's Exchange in 1849, • • Island and Cove of Yerba Buena in 1847, San Francisco in 1849, • • • First Fourth of July in San Francisco, . San Francisco Destroyed by Fire, . • San Francisco from the Bay in 1 847, . First Hotel in San Francisco, • • Grand Hotel, San Francisco, . • First Protestant Church in San Francisco, . Rush to the Gold Mines in 1848, ,01i(Jjj|^sionj«urch, San Francisco, leneral m^ of the Almaden Quicksilver Mines, The Ford of the Yosemite, View of Mount Shasta, Night Scene on the San Joaquin River, Night Scene on the Sacramento River, Sutter's Mill, Place of the First Discovery of Gold Front Street, Sacramento City, in 18 50, Hydraulic Mining, California, Snow-Sheds, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Map of the Pacific States and Territories, Falls on the Columbia River, • View on the Columbia River, • Deer Hunting in Oregon, . Catching Salmon, Columbia River Oregon Mount Hood, Oregon, . . Scene on the Columbia River, . Dale Creek Bridge, Rocky Mountains, Frontier Fort, . . . Mule Team going into the Silver Mines, Star Peak, Nevada, View of Great Salt Lake and Ogdon, Finger Rock, Weber Canon, Utah, , General View of Great Salt Lake City, Indians Horse-Racing on the Plains, , Shooting Mountain Sheep in the Rocky Mountain Indians Gambling, . . • . Pulpit Rock, Echo Canon, Utah, Monument Ri>ck, Echo Canon, Utah, , • Joseph Smith, Founder of Mormonism, , Brigham Young, Head of the Mormon Church, Joseph F. Smith, one of the " Twelve Apostles," Mrs. Alice Young Clawson, Brigham Young's Daughter, George A, Smith, " Church Historian, " Orson Pratt, one of the "Twelve Apostles," Orson Hyde, one of the "Twelve Apostles," Brigham Young's Harems, Street Scene in Salt Lake City, A Wagon Load of Mormons at Ogdon Canon, Witches Rocks, Echo Canon, Starting for the Silver Mines, Utah, Brigham Young and a portion of his Family, The Mormon Temple, Salt Lake City, A Mormon Family. • • • Interview with a Grizzly, . . Apache Squaw Scalp Dance, Arizona, Procuring Poison for his Arrows, Council with Friendly Indians, Emigrants Fording the Snake River, . Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho, Crater of the Great Geysers, Yellowstone Region, The Fan Geysers, Yellowstone Region, Bathing Pools, Yellowstone Region, The Grotto Geyser, Yellowstone Region, Castle Rock, Columbia River, Mount Rainier, from Puget Sound, Indian Encampment, Puget Sound, Indian Canoe Race on Interior Lake, Old Fort Walla- Walla, Washington Ten-itory, Great Canon and Lower Falls of the Yellowstone, The Devil's Slide, Montana, Yellowstone Region, Shale and Slate Rock and Tower Falls, Yellowstone, Great Spring, Fire-Hole Basin, Yellowstone, Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming Territory, Elk Hunting, British Columbia, . Indian, Interior of Alaska, , Native of British Columbia, Mud Volcano, Yellowstone Region, Lower Falls of the Yellowstone, Map of Alaska and British Columbia, Sitka, Capital of Alaska, . . Natives House-building, Alaska, , Skin Canoe and Indians, Alaska, Moose Hunting in the Yukon River, Alaska, Icebergs as seen off the Northern Coast of Alaska, Whale Fishing off the Coast of Alaska, . Aurora Borealis, as seen in Northern Alaska, Aurora Borealis and Trading Station, Alaska, •
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. Discovery of America — Earliest colonization — Columbus* voyages— Spanish in South and Central America — Cortez in Mexico — Cabrillo and Drake in California — Behring, Cook, Vancouver, and other navigators — Jesuits — Acquisition of California — Discovery of Gold 33
CHAPTER II. First recorded history — Jesuits — Missions — Cortez' expedition— Exploration of the Gulf of California — Ulloa's expedition— Cortez returns to Spain — Cabrillo's expedition — Sir Francis Drake's expedition : he takes possession of California— New Albion — San Diego and Monterey discovered-The Golden Gate not yet discovered — Viscayno's voyage — , Father Tierra's expedition : he takes possession of California in the name of the King of Spain — Conversion of the heathen — Father Ugarte's expedition — The Jesuits expelled — Franciscan missions established — Father Serra's expedition — Dominican friars in California — Voyage of the San Carlos and San Antonio — Loss of the San Jose 40
CHAPTER III. Don Portala's expedition — First settlement established — Father Serra at San Diego — First chapel built — Discovery of the Bay of San Francisco — Founding of missions — San Carlos the first vessel that entered the Golden Gate — Native civilization— Spain and the Franciscan fathers — Wealth of the missions — Independence of Mexico — Government of California— Manumission of the Indians — Property of the missions confiscated — Departure of the fathers 49
CHAPTER IV. Republican government in Mexico — American flag hoisted at Monterey — France and England seek to possess California— De Mofra's explorations — Russians in California — Revolution : a Yankee in it — Monterey captured by Alvarado and Graham — California declared a free State — Vallejo military chief — Religion established by law — Mexican authority again recognized — Graham and others banished — Commodore Jones declares California a part of the United States in 1842 — Revolution of 1844 — Castro General-in-chief — Banishment of Governor Micheltorena 58
CHAPTER V. Early navigators — Voyage of Sir Francis Drake — Voyages of Sebastian Viscayno and Vistus Behring — Settlement of Sitka — King George's Sound Company — East India Company — Thomas Jefferson's interest in the Pacific coast — Expedition of John Ledyard : he is arrested by order of the Empress of Russia — Voyage of Vancouver — The King of Spain forbids Captain Cook to enter California — First American vessels on the Pacific coast — Captain Gray discovers the Columbia river — First American vessel enters the Bay of San Francisco — John Brown and Thomas Raben first Americans in California — Trade to the Columbia river — Count Rosanoff in California — Delia Byrd enters San Diego — Russians evacuate California at the request of the United States — Expedition of Lewis and Clark — First settlement in Oregon — John Jacob Astor founds Astoria — Fur trade of Oregon — The British take possession of Oregon — Its restoration to the United States — Astor's fur trade in the Rocky mountains— First overland journey to California — Arrest of Jedediah Smith — Letter from American seamen in 1826 — Letter from Smith to one of the fathers — Death of J. S. Smith — Battle's expedition — Asiatic emigration encouraged — First settlers in California — First mercantile house in California — Commodore Wilkes' expedition to the Pacific — Discovery of a wrecked Japanese junk — Fremont's explorations — Sutter's hospitality — End of Fremont's second exploration 64
CHAPTER VI. Pico and Castro in command of California — Decline of the missions — Early trade — English, French, and American consuls in California — Indolence of the people — Fremont's third exploration : his trials and triumphs in California — Castro and Fremont — Fremont raises the American flag — Lieutenant Gillespie carries letters to Fremont — Kit Carson saves Fremont — Sonoma captured — W. B. Ide declares a republican government and hoists the "Bear Flag" — Fremont elected Governor — Commodore Sloat captures Monterey— British projects frustrated — Sloat's proclamation — The American flag hoisted in San Francisco — Commodore Stockton at Monterey — Dupont and General Kearney at Monterey — Arrival of Stevenson's regiment — Uneasiness of the native Californians — Interesting speeches — Proposition to place California under the protection of England or France — General Vallejo favors annexation to the United States Zd
CHAPTER VII. Feud betseen Sloat and Fremont — Commodore Stockton in command : his proclamation — Departure of Sloat — Castro, Pico, and Flores oppose the Americans — Stockton warns Castro of his peril — Flores' proclamation to his countrymen — Final surrender of the Mexicans — Treaty of peace concluded— Strife between Commodore Stockton and General Kearney — Fremont appointed Military Governor — Stockton takes his departure — Fremont ousted — General Kearney and Commodore Shubrick in command — Colonel Mason supersedes General Kearney — General Kearney proceeds to Washington— His ill-treatment of Fremont — Fremont arrested and carried to Fortress Monroe — Court-martialled — Discharged from arrest by order of the President — Nominated for the Presidency
CHAPTER VIII. Colonel Mason and General Riley in command of the govern- ment of California — End of the Mexican war — Acquisition of Texas and New Mexico — Treaty between the United States and Mexico — Boundary established — Convention to frame a State Constitution meets at Monterey — California admitted into the Union — Treaty between England and the United States defining western boundary — Claims of Portugal to California — Claims of Spain — Pope Alexander VI settles the dispute — Treaty between Spain and Portugal — A bull from the Pope — Chain of title to California — Speech of Hon. Thomas H. Benton on the boundary question — Treaty stipu- lations— Rulers under Spanish, Mexican, and United States governments in California — English, French, and American consuls in California no
CHAPTER IX. California under American rule — Population in 1842 and 1845 — Arrival of Mormons at San Francisco — Population in 1848 — In 1870 — Composition of population of San Francisco in 1842 — Establishment of Mission Dolores — First house built in San Francisco — First child born — Hudson Bay Company at San Francisco — First newspaper in California — First school — First Protestant minister — First Protestant church — First steamboat — Discovery of gold — Sutter and Marshall — First mining — Rush to the mines — Official notice of the gold discovery — Early gold-seekers — Advent of the Chinese 116
CHAPTER X. Population of California in 1849 — Rush to the mines — Gold yield of 1848 — Population and scenes of San Francisco in 1849 — Ships for California — Overland emigration — Across the Isthmus — Arrival of first steamer — Commerce in 1849 — Occupations of the people — Gray-shirt brigade — Ships at a discount — Up the Sacramento river — Early disappointments — Gambling — Gold product — Gold excitements — Honesty of the ''forty-niners" — Lynch law — Prices in the mines — Cultivation of the soil — Cattle — Eggs — Fruit — All ''going home in the spring" — Indians in the mines — Yankee specu- lators— Suffering and disappointments in the mines — Miners going home , 1 24
CONTENTS, 25 CHAPTER XL Growing importance of San Francisco — Crime and dis'^ipation — First Vigilance Committee — Law and order — Building a city — Destroyed by fire — Rebuilt — Wild speculation — Strange occupations — Fortune and misfortune — First house built at Sacramento — Population of — Prosperity in business and speculation — Price of land in San Francisco — Rents in San Francisco — Prices of merchandise — Amusements — Board — Labor — Cost of building — Streets paved with merchandise — Gold-hunters still arriving — Largest product of gold- Suicide and death — Only a mining country — Import of breadstuffs — Interior steam-navigation — First river-steamer — Fares on the rivers 133 CHAPTER XIL Early agriculture — No vegetables — Gardening in the mines — Advent of farmers — Ignorance of seasons and crops — Increase of agriculture — Lumber — Fishing — Manufacturing — Coal — • Fruits — Vegetables — Permanent settlement in California — Varied industry — Happy homes — Legitimate occupations — • Gold-hunters' graves — Overland emigration — Suffering of the ** Donner party * ' — Settlers to the rescue 1 40 CHAPTER XIIL • California — Origin of the name — Griffins in the land — Hot ovens of the natives — Area of the State — Agricultural, min- eral, grazing, and marsh lands — Area equal to one hundred and forty-five States the size of Rhode Island — Compared with states and countries of Europe — Equal to thirty-eight governments of Europe — Capable of supporting a population of eighty-three million — Great productiveness of the soil — Genial climate — Great natural resources — Commercial im- portance—Mountains— Valleys — Rivers — Climate — Seasons — Harvests — Forests — Mineral range — Beauties and wonders of the Sierras • • • 147
2 6 THE C OLDEN ST. I TE, CHAPTER XIV. , Mountains — Sierra Nevadas — Winter, spring, Jind summer in the Sierras — Snows of the mountains — Farming, lumbering, and grazing in the Sierras — Forests — Big trees — Shrubs — Plants — Flowers — Grasses — Poison oak 159 CHAPTER XV. Valleys — Trees, vegetables, fruits, flowers, grain, and grasses — • Lakes — ^Alkaline and borax lakes — Dry lakes — Death valley. 1 70 CHAPTER XVI. Rivers — Bays — Harbors — Bay of San Francisco — Puget sound — Fort Point — Straits — San Quentin — Islands — Seal Rock — Cliff House — Sea-lions — Golden Gate: origin of the name. 181 CHAPTER XVII. Islands off the coast — Farallones — Islands in bays and rivers — • First mint in California — Indian tribes — Shell money- Springs — Petroleum — Mud springs — Calistoga springs — Sul- phur springs — Soda springs — Tar springs — Asphaltum — Geysers 202 CHAPTER XVIII. Waterfalls — Yosemite falls — Creeks — Rivers — Mirror lake — Bridal Vail — Earthquakes 214 CHAPTER XIX. Zoology — Relics of antiquity — Animals — Birds — Fishes — Bull and bear fights — Reptiles — Bees — Horned toad — Whales.... 236
CONTENTS. ^ CHAPTER XX. ITie precious metals — First mention of gold — Gold in Eden — Gods of the heathen — Aaron's golden calf — Ornaments of Jerusalem — Gold of the Romans — First gold in America^ Gold in South America and Mexico — Gold in Asia and Europe — Gold-mining in the United States — Discovery of gold in California — Sir Francis Drake's voyage — Expedition of Commodore Wilkes to California — Product of gold^ Mining operations — Quartz and quartz-mining — Rich mines — Quartz mills — Discovery of gold in Australia : yield of the precious metals in — On the Pacific coast — Mineral wealth of Great Britain — Progress of mining in Australia — Chinese in the gold-fields — Precious metal in the world , 248
CHAPTER XXI. Tunnel-mining — Sutro tunnel — Canals — Ditches — Asphaltum — Cement — Coal — Copper — Cobalt — Nickle — Diamonds — Electro-silicon — Gypsum — Iron — Lead — Petroleum — Quick- silver— Salt — Sulphur — Tin — Marble — Granite — Caves — - Mining laws — Mining laws of Spain and Mexico — Geology and mineralogy — Great mines of the world , 271 CHAPTER XXII. Climate — Seasons — Heat and cold — Winter in the Sierras — Trade-winds — Animal vitality — Summer in the Sierras and valleys — Rain-fall compared with other parts of the world — • Flowers of the valleys — Spring-time — Wheat-fields — Agricul- ture— Harvesting — Planting and sowing — Volunteer crops — Straw-burning — Storms and hurricanes — Sand-storms 292 CHAPTER XXIII. Agriculture — Manufactures — Commerce — First agriculture in America — Increase of agriculture in California — Decline of mining — Decay of mining towns — Area of California — Agri- cultural lands — Spanish grants — Vast estates — How to obtain
28 THE GOLDEN STATE. public lands — School lands — Who may secure the public lands — Grain, fruit, and vegetable growing — Yield of grain per acre — Harvesting — Wild oats — Wild mustard — Hops — Potatoes — Tobacco — Large vegetable growths — Straw- berries— Tropical fruits — Oranges, figs, and nuts — The grape • — Fertility of the Sierras — Tea culture — Beet sugar — Cotton and rice — Silk culture 309 CHAPTER XXIV. Sheep and wool — Horses — Cattle raising and branding — Rodeos — Native horsemanship — Lassoing grizzly bears — Poultry and bees 342 CHAPTER XXV. Natural advantages — Regularity of climate — Perpetual summer — Advantages for manufacturing — Interest on money — Manu- factories— Railroads first in California — Great overland rail- road : building and completion of — Government aid in bonds and lands to railroads — ''The last tie" — Rejoicings at the completion of the great national highway — Ocean, bay, and river navigation — Ship-building — Telegraphs, postage, and post-ofiices — United States branch mint — Circulating me- dium— Mints on the Pacific coast — Navy-yard — Commerce — Exports of gold and merchandise — Agricultural and mechani- cal products — Decline in gold-mining — Shipping of San Francisco — Imports and exports — Effects of the overland railroad 355 CHAPTER XXVI. Eddcation — Free schools — Schools in San Francisco — Cost of School Department — Chinese schools — Indian slaves — Na- tional education — Agricultural colleges — State university — Agricultural societies — Reform, deaf, dumb, and blind schools — Newspapers — Books — Libraries — Literature — Pro- tective and benevolent societies — Religion — Prisons and crimes — Asylums — Governors of California — Laws — Lawyers —Doctors — Divines 38 J
CONTENTS. 20 CHAPTER XXVII. Chinese empire — Chinese in the United States — Seeking gold in America — In California — Employments, character, and customs of the Chinese-^Chinese in San Francisco — Moral depravity — Chinese persecuted — Social and political condi- tion of the Chinese — Buddha, Confucius, and Mencius — Religion of the Orient — Chinese classics — Opium and other stimulants — Small feet of the women — Christianity among the Chinese — Coolyism — Chinese slavery in America — Spanish barbarity 420 CHAPTER XXVIII. Counties — Coast counties — Area — Productions — Population — San Diego — Los Angeles — Santa Barbara — San Luis Obispo — Monterey — Santa Cruz — San Mateo — San Francisco : com- position of the city, its population, education, buildings, trades, professions, newspapers, nationalities, society — Marin — Sonoma — Mendocino — Humboldt — Klamath — Del Norte. 443 CHAPTER XXIX. Interior and valley counties — Resources, climate, and popula- tion— Siskiyou — Trinity — Shasta — Tehama — Butte — Colusa — Yuba — Sutter — Yolo — Lake — Napa — Solano — Sacramento — Contra Costa — Alameda — San Joaquin — Stanislaus — Santa Clara — Merced — Fresno — Tulare — Kern — San Bernardino. . 474
30 THE COLLrEN STATE. CHAPTER XXXI. Pacific coast — Oregon — Nevada — Utah — Arizona — Tdaho-^ Washington Territory — British Columbia and Alaska 523 OREGON. History— Geography — Climate — Season.^ — Forests — Minerals- Mining — Agriculture— Rivers — Mountains — Resources — Pro- gress— Area — Population — Cities — Society.. ••• ••••• 526 CHAPTER XXXIL NEVADA. Acquisition of — Area — Population — Geography — Mountains- Valleys — Lakes — Rivers — Forests — Soil — Seasons — Climate — Mines — Mining — Minerals — Counties — Cities — Progress • — Schools — Newspapers — Libraries — Future prospects 541 CHAPTER XXXIIL UTAH. Area — Acquisition — Climate — Seasons — Mines — Mining — • Minerals — Mountains — Lakes — Rivers — ^Agriculture — Edu- cation— Material development — Mormons — Society — Popu- lation— Great Salt lake and Salt Lake City — Overland rail- road— Discovery and history of Salt lake , 549 CHAPTER XXXIV. MOR MONISM AND THE MORMONS. Population and religions of the world — Christianity — Moham- medanism— Buddhism — Judaism — Mormonism : its rise, progress, history, and practices — Joseph the prophet and his followers — The golden plates from the hill Cumorah — Christ in America — Mormon and Moroni — John the Baj^tist ordains Joseph Smith — Smith's birth, early history, life, adventures, and death — Polygamy — Brigham Young : his birth, history, and career — Desertion of Nauvoo — Mormons march west- ward— Settle at Salt lake — Their city, religion, society, and practices — Despotism in Utah — Mormon godhead 563
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CHAPTER XXXV. ARIZONA TERRITORY. Area and population — Climate — Soil — Mountains — Rivers- Forests — Mines — Mining — Minerals — Settlement — Civiliza- tion— Railroads — Indians 600 CHAPTER XXXVI. IDAHO TERRITORY. Area — Geography — Mountains — Rivers — Forests — Lakes — • Scenery — Waterfalls — Valleys — Agriculture — Climate — In- dians— Gold and silver mines — Material progress — Railroads —Cities and towns — Population • 60 7 CHAPTER XXXVII. WASHINGTON TERRITORY. History, area, and population — Boundary — Geography — Moun- tains — Lakes — Rivers — Bays — Harbors — Seasons — Climate — Agriculture — Grazing — Forests — Lumber — Commerce — Fish — Game — Natives — Gold, silver, coal, and other mines — Progress — Railroads , ..••••......• 613 CHAPTER XXXVIII. BRITISH COLUMBIA. Ger)graphy — History — Hudson Bay Company — Area — Islands — Mountains — Rivers — Lakes — Forests — Climate — Agricul- ture— Valleys — Seasons — Rain — Bays — Harbors — Inlets — Natural resources — Gold and other minerals — Cities — Customs —Population — Natives — Commerce — Canadian railway 632 CHAPTER XXXIX. ALASKA. History — Geography — Area — Mountains — Forests — Rivers- Seas — Bays — Harbors — Islands — Climate — Seasons — Mines — Natives — Fish — Animals — Fur-seals — Commerce — Popu- lation— Towns — Progress — Religion — Future prospects 644
32 THE GOLDEN STATE. CHAPTER XL. APPENDIX. Population of the United States: native, foreign, colored, and Chinese — Population of the Pacific coast : native, foreign, and Chinese — Population by counties of California, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Idaho, Washington Territory : also, . aggregate of Alaska and British Columbia — Chinese in the United States and on the Pacific coast — Distances from San Francisco to various points inland and to various ports and countries and cities of the United States — Population of cities. .••••• • • f • • • • 653
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