History of California, by Helen Elliott Bandini

Preface
Chapter I. The Land and the Name
Chapter II. The Story of the Indians
Chapter III. "The Secret of the Strait"
Chapter IV. The Cross of Santa Fe
Chapter V. Pastoral Days
Chapter VI. The Footsteps of the Stranger
Chapter VII. At the Touch of King Midas
Chapter VIII. The Great Stampede
Chapter IX. The Birth of the Golden Baby
Chapter X. The Signal Gun and the Steel Trail
Chapter XI. That Which Followed After
Chapter XII. "The Groves Were God's First Temples"
Chapter XIII. To All that Sow the Time of Harvest Should be Given
Chapter XIV. The Golden Apples of the Hesperides
Chapter XV. California's other Contributions to the World's Bill of Fare
Chapter XVI. The Hidden Treasures of Mother Earth
Chapter XVII. From La Escuela of Spanish California to the Schools of the Twentieth Century
Chapter XVIII. Statistics

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