The Annals of San Francisco
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: May 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9780766195387
Subjects: American history; United States - State & Local - General; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - 19th Century/Old West
First sentence: IT appears expedient, before entering upon the annals of San Francisco proper, to give a short review of the first discovery, settlement, and progress of California itself, including an account of the aboriginal inhabitants, and of the first establishment, rise, and decline of the priest class, their sovereigns, whose domination forms a most peculiar and interesting phase in the general history of the country.