Frost's Pictorial History of California. 



TiTt~ory~" 



OP THE 



STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 



FROM THE PERIOD OF THE CONQUEST BY 

 SPAIN, TO HER OCCUPATION BY THE 

 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. . 



COXTAINIXG 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 JIINERAL 

 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 13 ADDED 



A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE GOVERNMENT 



AND CONSTITUTION OF THE SAID STATE. 



WITH NTJMEROUS^ ILIXTSTRATIONS. 



BY JOHN FROST, LL.D. 



AUBURN, N. Y. 



DERBY AND MILLEK. 



1850. 



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