# Three years in California [1851-54]

Author: Borthwick, John David, 1824-1892

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76244

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Three+years+in+California+%5B1851-54%5D+Borthwick&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Scarcity of labouring men--High wages--Want of social restraint--Intense rivalry in all pursuits--Disappointed hopes--Drunkenness--American style of drinking--The bars--Free luncheons--The bar-keeper--Variety of national houses--The Chinese--Chinese stores and washermen--Theatres and gambling-rooms--Masquerades--“No weapons admitted”--Magnificent shops--Grading the streets--Steam Paddy--Raising houses--Cabs--Post-office--Fire--Fire companies--Mission Dolores--San José--Native Californians, 65-93

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/54/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/46/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/39/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/42/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/37/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/41/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/53/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/43/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/47/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/38/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/49/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/44/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/45/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/50/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/48/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/52/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/51/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/40/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-years-in-california-1851-54-76244/chapters/25/index.md)