John Bidwell

John Bidwell
Author: Nancy Leek
Publisher:
Total Pages: 119
Release: 2010
Genre: California
ISBN: 9781931994255

Jessie Benton Fremont

Jessie Benton Fremont
Author: Marguerite Higgins
Publisher:
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2008
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781893103337

Any history of California is incomplete without the story of this dynamic woman who was one of the state's first notable pioneer figures. Along with her husband, John C. Fremont, Jessie was passionate about abolition, and together their efforts assured California's admission to the Union as a free state.

California Pioneer Register and Index, 1542-1848

California Pioneer Register and Index, 1542-1848
Author: Bancroft
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2009-06
Genre:
ISBN: 0806348933

This compilation of genealogical and biographical sketches is extracted from the first five volumes of Bancroft's seven-volume History of California. Consists of a complete register of pioneers, alphabetically arranged, listing all known information of importance about them.

The Journey West

The Journey West
Author: Elaine L. Schulte
Publisher: David C Cook Distribution
Total Pages: 544
Release: 1989
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781555139865

Vol. 1.

William Alexander Leidesdorff - First Black Millionaire, American Consul and California Pioneer

William Alexander Leidesdorff - First Black Millionaire, American Consul and California Pioneer
Author: Gary M. Palgon
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2005
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1411646258

William Alexander Leidesdorff is probably one of the best-kept secrets in the pioneering of the West and the creation of the State of California. Born out of wedlock in St. Croix, Danish West Indies in 1810 to a Jewish Danish sugar planter and a black plantation worker, he went on to become the first Black millionaire when gold was found on his property shortly before he died in 1848.

Recollections and Opinions of an Old Pioneer

Recollections and Opinions of an Old Pioneer
Author: Peter Hardeman Burnett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 480
Release: 1880
Genre: History
ISBN:

Recollections and Opinions of an Old Pioneer by Peter Hardeman Burnett, first published in 1880, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

With Wings as Eagles

With Wings as Eagles
Author: Elaine L. Schulte
Publisher: Lifejourney Books
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1990
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781555139896

Vol. 2.

Eternal Passage

Eternal Passage
Author: Elaine L. Schulte
Publisher: Lifejourney Books
Total Pages: 590
Release: 1989
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781555139889

Vol. 2.