Excerpt from History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties: An Historical Story of the State's Marvelous Growth From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time In narrating the story of California, I have endeavored to deal justly with 'the different eras and episodes of its history; to state facts; to tell the truth without favoritism or prejudice; to give credit Where credit is due and blame where it is deserved. In the preparation of this history I have tried to make it readable. I have avoided dull. Details and have omitted c'umbrous statistics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.