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California’s fertile promise amid mining and politics
A San Francisco Times survey of California traces climate and irrigation, crops and markets, and the mix of cultures. It notes vast mineral wealth, diverse immigration from the South and West, rising social institutions, and a Vigilance movement shaping governance, ending with a call for a State university to secure future opportunity.
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San Francisco Times
California
Pacific
Golden Gate
China
Valparaiso
Panama
San Francisco
Puget Sound
South
Fremont
Capt. Halleck
Plains
Pike County
Missouri
Mr. Stanley
North Carolina
New England
New York
Yankee Jim’s
Fiddletown
Jackass Gulch
Whisky Bar
Union
Harmodius
Aristogiton
Rhemailas
Sacramento
Marysville
Stockton