FOURTH THOUSAND. 



Frost's Pictorial History of California. 



hIstoky 



OF THE 



STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 



FROM THE PERIOD OF THE CONQUEST BY 



SPAIN, TO HER OCCUPATION BY THE 



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 



CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE IMMENSE 

 GOLD MINES AND PLACERS, THE ENORMOUS POPULATION 

 OF GOLD-SEEKERS, THE QUANTITY OF GOLD ALREADY 

 OBTAINED, A DESCRIPTION OF HER MINERAL 

 AND AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES, WITH 

 THRILLING ACCOUNTS OF ADVEN- 

 TURES AMONG THE MINERS. 

 ALSO, 

 ADVICE TO EMIGRANTS ON THE BEST ROUTES, AND THE 

 PREPARATIONS NECESSARY TO GET THERE. 



TO WHICH IS ADDED 



A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE GOVERNMENT 

 AND CONSTITUTION OF THE SAID STATE. 



WITH KITMEEOUS ILLUSTPvATIONS. 



BY JOHN FROST, LL.D. 



AUBURN, N. Y. 



DERBY AND MILLER. 



1852. 



