Multiple sailing dates: SS California, September 19, 1854
John C. Fremont has a colorful California history and until recently he has been eulogized for his leadership role in early California. More recently, in addition to extolling his virtues, historians and novelists are likely to also bring up his mistreatment of American Indians, Mexicans, and women in particular.
He came to California as a U.S. Army officer, and proceeded to instigate revolt. Settlers were brought into the United States Army as the California Battalion under Fremont. Americans, emboldened by his presence, illegally imprisoned Californio officials, seized government and private property, and occupied Sonoma and its surroundings.
As one of the early settlers in California, Fremont helped develop attention to the West by publishing his Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842 and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-44, commissioned by the United States government. His book was used by thousands who followed him West. Fremont established a camp north of Sutter’s Fort on May 29, 1846, and it was Fremont’s land where gold was discovered.
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San Francisco: Port of Gold
William Martin Camp
An image of the cover of Port of Gold is not available. However, I have this book and it is a well-written history of San Francisco penned by a Berkeley author in 1947. It opens with a list of the Officers of the Society of California Pioneers. Some illustrations are included in the book.
The Annals of San Francisco by Frank Soule, John H. Gihon, James Nisbet
Originally published 1855. Many illustrations.
The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld
Herbert Asbury
Asbury's history of the Barbary Coast properly begins with the gold rush to California in 1849..."
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