Over the purple hills
Subtitle: or Sketches of travel in California, embracing all the important points usually visited by tourists.
By: By Caroline M. Churchill ...
Publisher: Mrs. C.M. Churchill
Published: 1881
Place of publication: Denver
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Women -- California.; California -- Description and travel; Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
Description: Caroline M. Nichols Churchill (b. 1833) first came to California from Chicago in 1870. Over the purple hills (1881) continues her tales of California begun in "Little Sheaves" (1874), beginning with an 1874 rail trip from San Francisco to Bartlett's Springs, Stockton, Napa, and Lake Tahoe. She also details undated visits to Yosemite Valley and Salt Lake City and a rail journey from Visalia to Monterey, Vallejo, and Placerville. Throughout she shows a sharp eye for matters of interest to women and tourists.
Notes: Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
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