Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park General Plan
Author: California. Department of Parks and Recreation
Publisher:
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13:
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Greetings from California
Author: Gary Crabbe
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Published: 2011-05-13
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 161060248X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fun, fresh tribute to the Golden State, illustrated with gorgeous color photography, fascinating historical images, and cool memorabilia. Learn anew the legends, landmarks, and lore of historic sites, such as Bodie, Point Reyes, the Knights Ferry Bridge, Mission Santa Barbara, Carson Mansion in Old Town Eureka, Death Valley, Glacier Point, and Alcatraz. Delving into the people, places, and activities that have defined California through the years, this book explores all that makes California great: the Big Sur coast, the Monterey Jazz Festival, Napa Valley’s wine country, Hollywood, the redwood trees of Muir Woods, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite Valley, big game fishing, surfing, agriculture, politics, music, sports, and much, much more. Turn the pages for a visual feast of this extraordinary state!
Directory of Historic House Museums in the United States
Author: Patricia Chambers Walker
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9780742503441
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first comprehensive guide to America's historic house museums, this directory moves beyond merely listing institutions to providing information about interpretive themes, historical and architectural significance, collections, and cultural and social importance, along with programming events and facility information. Useful cross-reference guides provide quick and easy ways of locating information on almost 2500 museums. A multi-functional reference for museum professionals, local historians, historic preservationists or anyone interested in America's historic house museums.
Assembly Bill
Author: California. Legislature. Assembly
Publisher:
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 1352
ISBN-13:
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Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Published:
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780898869323
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplorer's Guide Northern California
Author: Michele Bigley
Publisher: The Countryman Press
Published: 2013-04-02
Total Pages: 632
ISBN-13: 0881509949
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn addition to tourist attractions such as the Fisherman's Wharf, this guide presents the authentic Northern California experience.
Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada
Author: American Association for State and Local History
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 1366
ISBN-13: 9780759100022
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis multi-functional reference is a useful tool to find information about history-related organizations and programs and to contact those working in history across the country.
Best of California's Missions, Mansions, and Museums
Author: Ken McKowen
Publisher: Wilderness Press
Published: 2010-01-01
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 0899975542
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis two-color traveler’s companion features more than 130 of California’s best missions, mansions, and museums. In addition to insider information on many of the destinations, the guide features themed tours that will appeal to tourists and armchair travelers alike, history buffs, as well as teachers and parents. Every entry details the highlights of a particular place and includes operating hours, entrance fees, location, a phone number, and website information. Themed tours range from famous Californians, to lighthouses, ghost towns, and much more. This guidebook is a must-have for anyone interested in California's eclectic history.
Moon Northern California
Author: Elizabeth Linhart Veneman
Publisher: Moon Travel
Published: 2016-02-16
Total Pages: 682
ISBN-13: 1631211544
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis full-color guide includes vibrant photos and easy-to-use maps to help with trip planning. Northern California residents Elizabeth Linhart Veneman and Christopher Arns cover the best that Northern California has to offer, from day hikes in awe-inspiring Yosemite Valley to rest and relaxation at the spas and vineyards of Wine Country. To help travelers plan their trip, Veneman and Arns also offer a number of unique itinerary ideas, such as as "Best Day Trips," "Best Road Trips," and "Best Outdoor Adventures." With expert advice on finding the tastiest food in the Bay Area, exploring the charming Monterey and Carmel, and getting to Gold Country ghost towns, Moon Northern California gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.
Gold
Author: Mary Hill
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2000-02-28
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780520929678
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe discovery of gold in 1848 catapulted California into statehood and triggered environmental, social, political, and economic events whose repercussions are still felt today. Mary Hill combines her scientific training with a flair for storytelling to present the history of gold in California from the distant geological past through the wild days of the Gold Rush to the present. The early days of gold fever drew would-be miners from around the world, many enduring great hardships to reach California. Once here, they found mining to be backbreaking work and devised machines to help recover gold. These machines pawed gravel from river bottoms and tore apart mountainsides, wreaking environmental havoc that silted rivers, ruined farmlands, and provoked the world's first environmental conflict settled in the courts. Native Americans were nearly wiped out by invading miners or their diseases, and many Spanish-speaking settlers—Californios—were pushed aside. Hill writes of gold's uses in today's world for everything from coins to coffins, gourmet foods to spacecraft. Her comprehensive overview of gold's impact on California includes illustrated explanations of geology and mining in nontechnical language as well as numerous illustrations, maps, and photographs.
