History of Amador County, California, With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers

History of Amador County, California, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers
By JD Mason

Contents

I--Knowledge of the Pacific Coast Fifty Years Since
II--Big Canyon of the Colorado
III--Permanent Occupation of California
IV--The Missions of St. Francis
V--Downfall of the Old Missions
VI--Primitive Agriculture
VII--Sir Francis Drake's Discoveries
VIII--The American Conquest
IX--San Joaquin county from the Time Capt. CM Weber first Saw it in November, 1841 until the close of 1847
X--Biographic Sketch of General Sutter
XI--The King's Orphan
XII--Sutter's Fort in 1846
XIII--The History of the Donner Party
XIV--The Discovery of Gold
XV--Early Condition of this Region
XVI--Amador County
XVII--Domestic Habits of the Miners
XVIII--Organization of Amador County
XIX--Rancheria Murders
XX--Political Parties in 1855
XXI--Amador County at the Beginning of 1860
XXII--End of the Second Decade
XXIII--Condition of the County at the Beginning of the Third Decade--1870
XXIV--Financial Matters in 1876
XXV--Geology of Amador County
XXVI--Geology of Amador County by George Madeira
XXVII--Origin of Mineral Veins
XXVIII--Quartz Mining
XXIX--Quartz Mining East of the Mother Lode
XXX--Jackson
XXXI--Ione Valley and Vicinity
XXXII--Lancha Plana and Vicinity
XXXIII--Volcano and Vicinity
XXXIV--North-Western Part of the County
XXXV--North-Western Part of the County
XXXVI--Eastern Part of Amador County
XXXVII--Arroyo Seco Grant

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