Pioneers of Riverside County
Subtitle: the Spanish, Mexican and early American periods
By: Steve Lech
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9781609498313
Subjects: Mexicans; Frontier and pioneer life; Pioneers; Spaniards; Local History; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. The Spanish Period; title: The Fages, Portola and Anza Expeditions; title: The Missions and Ranchos; title: Part II. The Mexican Period; title: Mission Secularization and Land Grants; title: Disposition of the Ranchos; title: End of the Mexican Period; title: Part III. The Early American Period; title: California Counties and San Bernardino; title: The U.S. Land Commission and Surveys; title: The Sonora Road I; title: The Civil War in Inland Southern California; title: The Sonora Road II; title: Bradshaw's Road; title: Other Settlements; title: Appendix A: Listing of Anza's Place Names with Corresponding Present-Day Place Names; title: Appendix B: Captain Jose Romero's Letter to Don Antonio Narbona, January 16, 1824; title: Appendix C: Louis Robidoux's Letter to Manuel Alvarez, Giving Robidoux's Account of the Battle of Chino; title: Appendix D: Mexican Rancho Land Grants of Riverside County, California; title: Appendix E: The Township and Range System of Surveying; title: Appendix F: Charles Nordhoff's Description of the La Laguna Rancho; title: Appendix G: George Wharton James's Description of the Bradshaw Road from the Colorado River to Dos Palmas.