The Rise and Progress of an American State By CLINTON A. SNOWDEN Advisory Editors STEPHEN J. CHADWICK --- Printed by for COPYRIGHT 1909 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Publication Office U. S. A. Checked CONTENTS. ............ PERILS AND TRIALS OF THE TRAIL. Murder of Mrs. Clark and her Son A Wounded Boy's Escape........ How the Sick were Cared For....... Experiences of the Hanford Family., The Plagues of the Desert...... The Terrible Cholera Years..... The Bonney Family's Experience.. Mrs. White's Pathetic Story..... ................................ Selecting the Claim...... S........................ ............................ 55 CHAPTER XXXVII. Primitive Conditions....... ......... Her Condemnation and Sale......... The Discovery of Gold in California...... ................... 73 . ......... 91 |