Main entry:

Hawthorne, Hildegarde.

Title & Author:

Romantic cities of California / by Hildegarde Hawthorne ; illustrated by E.H. Suydam.

Publication:

New York ; London : D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated, 1939.

Description:

xvii, [1], 456 pages, 53 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Notes:
Illustrated lining-papers.
Includes index.
San Diego, California's first port of call -- Laguna and Long Beach, where beauty and the beast get mixed -- Los Angeles and Hollywood, vast hoi polloi -- Pasadena, "the crown of the valley" -- Ventura, Ojai, Santa Paula, the lovely triangle -- Santa Barbara, where gringo and caballero clasp hands -- Santa Maria, Lompoc, and San Luis Obispo, mustard and sweet pear -- Monterey, old capital of Spanish California -- Carmel by the Sea, the determined village -- San Francisco, phoenix of the Pacific -- Oakland and Berkeley, lost rancho of the Peraltas -- Ukiah and Eurka, with interlude of trees -- Weaverville, the basin filled with gold -- Chico, where John Bidwell built his ranch -- Sacramento, queen of the gold empire -- Stockton and Mokelumne Hill, the gateway city and the mid-mother lode town -- Coloma and Placerville, the Midas touch and old Hangtown -- Auburn, Grass Valley, and Nevada City,
Old toll road center, the bottomless mine, Coyoteville -- Fresno and Bakersfield, between Sierra and Coast Range in Earth's greatest farm -- Palo Alto and San Jose, high tree, higher education and the first pueblo.
Rocq, M.M. California local history (2nd ed.), 16915

Summary:

Survey of some California cities and towns, their history, sights, and buildings. Well illustrated with drawings.

Subject:

Cities and towns California.
Villes Californie.
Cities and towns.
California History.
Californie Histoire.
California.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Suydam, E. H. (Edward Howard), 1885-1940, illustrator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 63447
Call No.: ID:85-B8294
Status: Available