Author

Publication

1976 - Arno Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

114,000 words, Guess

Page Count

456 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100405094965
  • ISBN-139780405094965
  • LibraryThing1614869
  • Goodreads4681396
  • Library of Congress Control Number76001221
and 2 more

Classifications

  • DDC979.4/03
  • LCCF865 .C7 1976

Description

Walter Colton (1797-1851) of Vermont had a career as clergyman and journalist before sailing to California as naval chaplain of the Congress. In July 1846, Commodore Stockton named him alcalde of Monterey, a post to which he was elected a few months later. He remained in California until 1849, using his time to found the state's first newspaper and building its first schoolhouse. Three years in California (1850) contains Colton's memoirs of that period, including descriptions of the U.S. military occupation of California, social life and customs of Monterey, discovery of gold and firsthand impressions of the Sonora mining camp in the Southern Mines, visits to Stockton and San Jos,̌ John Charles Frm̌ont, the Constitutional Convention of 1849, and California missions.

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  • Three years in CaliforniaArno Press1976-01-01
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