From Wilderness to Empire: A History of California 1542:1900

Book

Napa County Historical Society

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2010.75.2

Description

"This is a detailed, readable history of the Golden State, from its discovery up to 1900. the turn of the century marked the end of definite era in California's development. Prior to that time she had been in turn a distant and little-visited outpost of Spain's Mexican colony; the site of a string of isolated missions and presidios, a moneyless land of cattle barons who counted their holdings in square leagues and their wealthy in hundreds of cattle; the scene of desultory fighting between Mexican and American forces in the latter 1840's; the rough, colorful setting of the greatest gold rush in our history; and something little short of the private province of Collis P. Huntington's Central Pacific Railroad. What she became afterwards is not in the province of this volume to tell, but always she has been a land to stir the imagination. This first half of her history, set forth with fine scholarship, just proportion, and lucid style, is of the greatest interest and importance to any Californian--or any other American, for that matter." NOTE: The book is indexed. Entries herein are those which are most associated with Napa County. 391 pages

Collection

Books

Acquisition

Accession

2010.75

Source or Donor

Library of Edward J. Ghidella

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Given in memory of Edward J. Ghidella In Memory of: Edward J. Ghidella

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Railroads, Gold miners, Newspapers, Journalists, Settlers, Immigrants, Gold, Industrialization, Transportation, Explorers, Pioneers, Land grants, Expansionism

Search Terms

Bierce, Ambrose, Kelsey, Andrew, Pioneers, Settlers, Expansionism, Explorers, Indians, Industrialization, Spanish land grants, Land grants, Bear Flag Rebellion, Alta California, Newspapers, Journalists, Immigrants, Transportation, Gold, Gold miners, Gold Rush, Mexico, Mexican War, Railroads, Ranchos

Book Details

Author

Cleland, Robert Glass

Place Published

Location

New York City, NY

Date Published

1944

Call No.

979.4 Cle

Notes

Spine Label: 979.4 Cle

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bierce, Ambrose

Person or Organization

Kelsey, Andrew

Create Date

August 5, 2010

Update Date

July 9, 2026