What a wonderful look at life in 1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Amador County and its people.
This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1881.
History
of
Amador County,
California
With
Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers
By: J.D. MASON
OAKLAND, CA
THOMPSON & WEST
1881
340 pages on 1 CD
An essential resource for Genealogists
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. – SCANTY KNOWLEDGE OF THE PACIFIC COAST
CHAPTER II. - BIG CANON OF THE COLORADO.
CHAPTER III. – THE EXILES OF LORETO
CHAPTER IV. - THE MISSIONS OF ST. FRANCIS.
CHAPTER V. - DOWNFALL OF THE OLD MISSIONS.
CHAPTER VI. - PRIMITIVE AGRICULTURE.
CHAPTER VII. – SIR FRANCIS’S DRAKES DISCOVERIES
CHAPTER VIII. - THE AMERICAN CONQUEST.
CHAPTER IX. - SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CHAPTER X. - BIOGRAPHIC SKETCH OF GENERAL SUTTER.
CHAPTER XI. - THE KING'S ORPHAN.
CHAPTER XII. - SUTTER'S FORT IN 1846.
CHAPTER XIII. - THE HISTORY OF THE DONNER PARTY.
CHAPTER XIV. - THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD.
CHAPTER XV. - EARLY CONDITION OF THIS REGION.
CHAPTER XVI. - AMADOR COUNTY
CHAPTER XVII. - DOMESTIC HABITS OF THE MINERS.
CHAPTER XVIII. - ORGANIZATION OF AMADOR COUNTY.
CHAPTER XIX. - RANCHERIA MURDERS.
CHAPTER XX. - POLITICAL PARTIES IN 1855.
CHAPTER XXI. - AMADOR COUNTY AT THE BEGINNING OF 1860.
CHAPTER XXII. - END OF THE SECOND DECADE.
CHAPTER XXIII. - CONDITION OF THE COUNTY IN 1870
CHAPTER XXIV. - FINANCIAL MATTERS IN 1876.
CHAPTER XXV. - GEOLOGY OF AMADOR COUNTY.
CHAPTER XXVI. - GEOLOGY OF AMADOR COUNTY.
CHAPTER XXVII. - ORIGIN OF MINERAL VEINS.
CHAPTER XXVIII. - QUARTZ MINING.
CHAPTER XXIX. - QUARTZ MINING EAST OF THE MOTHER LODE.
CHAPTER XXX. - JACKSON.
CHAPTER XXXI. - IONE VALLEY AND VICINITY.
CHAPTER XXXII. - LANCHA PLANA AND VICINITY
CHAPTER XXXIII. - VOLCANO AND VICINITY.
CHAPTER XXXIV. - NORTH-WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY.
CHAPTER XXXV. - NORTH-WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY (CONTINUED)
CHAPTER XXXVI. - EASTERN PART OF AMADOR COUNTY.
CHAPTER XXXVII. - ARROYO SECO GRANT.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. - FARNHAM'S HISTORY OF ALVARADO.
CHAPTER XXXIX. - THE ABORIGINES.
CHAPTER XL. - CANALS.
CHAPTER XLI. - PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
CHAPTER XLII. - NEWSPAPERS.
CHAPTER XLIII. - SOCIETIES.
CHAPTER XLIV. - SKETCHES OF AMADOR COUNTY BAR
BIOGRAPHICAL SECTION
CHRONOLOGICAL SECTION
