Old Californian days
By: [by] James Steele ...
Series: The household library ;; v. 6, no. 3; Household library (Belford, Clarke & Co.) ;; v. 6, no. 3.
Publisher: Belford-Clarke co.
Published: 1889
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: Missions, Spanish -- California; Ethnic groups -- California; California -- Description and travel; California -- Gold discoveries
Description: James Steele visited California in the 1880s. Old Californian days (1889) is the book Steele based on that trip. He provides a sketch of the history of California before the Gold Rush and surviving remnants of that history: the mission churches (San Gabriel and San Juan Capistrano), Spanish-American culture in modern California, and Native American tribes.
Notes: Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
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