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The Californian loves his state because his state loves him. He returns her love with a fierce affection that to men who do not know California is always a surprise.--David Starr Jordan in "California and the Californians."
The Californian loves his state because his state loves him. He returns her love with a fierce affection that to men who do not know California is always a surprise.--David Star...
2. Chapter 2"In the absence of State and Federal laws competent to meet the novel industry, and with the inbred respect for equitable adjustments of rights between man and man, the miners s...
3. Chapter 3I submit to you, as Californians, whether this is a record in which we can take any pride. With the exception of the pitiful attempts of its loyal friends from time to time to r...
4. Chapter 4[2] The best pen-picture of San Francisco just before the discovery of gold that I know of is that given by one who was an eye-witness: "At that time (July, 1847), what is now c...