Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman and Company, 1901 |
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Page 81
... valley , then an arm of the sea , maintaining a sea fauna of unlimited myriads of beings , while at its very bottom from whicn this oil now bubbles to the top , other processes as delicate as the distillation in the tiniest retort of ...
... valley , then an arm of the sea , maintaining a sea fauna of unlimited myriads of beings , while at its very bottom from whicn this oil now bubbles to the top , other processes as delicate as the distillation in the tiniest retort of ...
Page 87
... Valley . The scientific authorities have conclu- sively proven that as the Coast Range rose out of the Pacific the present San Joaquin Valley became an arm of the sea . Professor Engler , in his Paris address , referred to elsewhere ...
... Valley . The scientific authorities have conclu- sively proven that as the Coast Range rose out of the Pacific the present San Joaquin Valley became an arm of the sea . Professor Engler , in his Paris address , referred to elsewhere ...
Page 396
... valley was re - christened . In 1866 , Mr. William Barber , a San Francisco law- yer , purchased seventy - one acres of land upon which he built his homestead . Be- ing the first to build extensively , Mr. Bar- ber chose a charming site ...
... valley was re - christened . In 1866 , Mr. William Barber , a San Francisco law- yer , purchased seventy - one acres of land upon which he built his homestead . Be- ing the first to build extensively , Mr. Bar- ber chose a charming site ...
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IronShod Woman | 107 |
Kern City and the Kern River Oil District | 119 |
La Fiesta Dance | 138 |
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