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Full-Text Articles in Life Sciences
1912 - The Missions And Missionaries Of California, Vol. Ii, Upper California, Part I, General History, Zephyrin Engelhardt
Franciscan Publications
Volume II was a general accounting of the missions and missionaries in Upper California. Section I addressed the establishment and administration of the missions by Fr. Junípero Serra. Section II covered the administration of Fr. Fermín Francisco de Lasuén and Fr. Estevan Tapis. The author posited that the real object of the conquest and occupation of Alta California was not the establishment of the Catholic faith in California but rather to fund expeditions and secure the land from the Russians and others who were making expeditions in the region. Engelhardt's evidence was the fact that the Spanish government seized and …
1897 - History Of California, Volume 3, Theodore Henry Hittell
1897 - History Of California, Volume 3, Theodore Henry Hittell
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
Hittell dedicated the first portion of Volume 3 to early mining times in California including Pioneer mines, miners and mining appliances, Northern California mines, Southern California mines, gold distribution and gold rushes, struggles for organization and order, evolution of mining laws, and the lynch-law in the mines. Hittell wrote at considerable length about the San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1851 and 1856, progress made in San Francisco, city debts, land sales, bank failures of 1855, growth of the State of California, People's Party reform, squatters, Land Commission Act, Joaquin Murieta and his banditti, Californian Filibusters, discovery of Humboldt Bay, Yosemite, …
1915 - Monterey County, California - Lands For Wealth, Fruit For Health; Arthur Dunn
1915 - Monterey County, California - Lands For Wealth, Fruit For Health; Arthur Dunn
Miscellaneous Monterey and San Luis Obispo County Documents and Reports
It was the aim of this booklet to direct attention to the advantages and opportunities found in Monterey County in 1915 for those who were seeking homes. The hope was that the publication would induce further settlement, for there was a vast amount of territory awaiting development. A marketing publication prepared by Sunset Magazine Homeseekers' Bureau for the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, the publication described in detail the bountiful agricultural opportunities, especially when irrigation and pumping were utilized. The document contains a: 1) description of existing irrigation systems, as well as a vision for the future of irrigation and …
1998 - Salinas Valley Water (Preliminary Analysis Of) The Cause And Cost Of Seawater Intrusion
1998 - Salinas Valley Water (Preliminary Analysis Of) The Cause And Cost Of Seawater Intrusion
Miscellaneous Monterey and San Luis Obispo County Documents and Reports
An analysis of the historical cause of seawater intrusion in the Pressure Area of Monterey County. An annual overdraft of groundwater resources near the coast coupled with a seasonal cycle of over pumping created a reversal in the groundwater gradient and associated cones of depression. "Marine intrusion has occurred in the 180-foot aquifer in recent years as a result of overdrafts." (Bulletin 52, 1946, p.27). The only overdrafts on groundwater in the Salinas Valley were in the East Side and Pressure Areas. "There was no shortage of groundwater in the remainder of the basin and no threat of deficiency under …
1872 - Report To The California Surveyor General From W. V. Mcgarvey, Monterey County Assessor
1872 - Report To The California Surveyor General From W. V. Mcgarvey, Monterey County Assessor
Reports to California Surveyor General
Reports submitted by the Monterey County Assessor to the California Surveyor General between 1859 and 1875 regarding county resources covering a variety of topics including, but not limited to, surveyed lands, roads, population, crops and livestock
1871 - Report To The California Surveyor General From W. V. Mcgarvey, Monterey County Assessor
1871 - Report To The California Surveyor General From W. V. Mcgarvey, Monterey County Assessor
Reports to California Surveyor General
Reports submitted by the Monterey County Assessor to the California Surveyor General between 1859 and 1875 regarding county resources covering a variety of topics including, but not limited to, surveyed lands, roads, population, crops and livestock
1863 - Report To The California Surveyor General From W. V. Mcgarvey, Monterey County Assessor
1863 - Report To The California Surveyor General From W. V. Mcgarvey, Monterey County Assessor
Reports to California Surveyor General
Reports submitted by the Monterey County Assessor to the California Surveyor General between 1859 and 1875 regarding county resources covering a variety of topics including, but not limited to, surveyed lands, roads, population, crops and livestock
1859 - Report To The California Surveyor General From George Hale, Monterey County Assessor
1859 - Report To The California Surveyor General From George Hale, Monterey County Assessor
Reports to California Surveyor General
Reports submitted by the Monterey County Assessor to the California Surveyor General between 1859 and 1875 regarding county resources covering a variety of topics including, but not limited to, surveyed lands, roads, population, crops and livestock
1866 - Report To The California Surveyor General From W. V. Mcgarvey, Monterey County Assessor
1866 - Report To The California Surveyor General From W. V. Mcgarvey, Monterey County Assessor
Reports to California Surveyor General
Reports submitted by the Monterey County Assessor to the California Surveyor General between 1859 and 1875 regarding county resources covering a variety of topics including, but not limited to, surveyed lands, roads, population, crops and livestock
1860 - Report To The California Surveyor General From Uriah Burns, Monterey County Assessor
1860 - Report To The California Surveyor General From Uriah Burns, Monterey County Assessor
Reports to California Surveyor General
Reports submitted by the Monterey County Assessor to the California Surveyor General between 1859 and 1875 regarding county resources covering a variety of topics including, but not limited to, surveyed lands, roads, population, crops and livestock
1874 - Report To The California Surveyor General From W. V. Mcgarvey, Monterey County Assessor
1874 - Report To The California Surveyor General From W. V. Mcgarvey, Monterey County Assessor
Reports to California Surveyor General
Reports submitted by the Monterey County Assessor to the California Surveyor General between 1859 and 1875 regarding county resources covering a variety of topics including, but not limited to, surveyed lands, roads, population, crops and livestock
1869 - Report To The California Surveyor General From W. V. Mcgarvey, Monterey County Assessor
1869 - Report To The California Surveyor General From W. V. Mcgarvey, Monterey County Assessor
Reports to California Surveyor General
Reports submitted by the Monterey County Assessor to the California Surveyor General between 1859 and 1875 regarding county resources covering a variety of topics including, but not limited to, surveyed lands, roads, population, crops and livestock
1864 - Report To The California Surveyor General From Wm. J. Mcgarvey, Monterey County Assessor
1864 - Report To The California Surveyor General From Wm. J. Mcgarvey, Monterey County Assessor
Reports to California Surveyor General
Reports submitted by the Monterey County Assessor to the California Surveyor General between 1859 and 1875 regarding county resources covering a variety of topics including, but not limited to, surveyed lands, roads, population, crops and livestock
Comparison Of 1854 U.S. Coast Survey Map With 2016 Satellite Imagery Of The Monterey Bay Area
Comparison Of 1854 U.S. Coast Survey Map With 2016 Satellite Imagery Of The Monterey Bay Area
Historical and Contemporary Comparison Maps
A (draft) comparison map of an 1854 U.S. Coast Survey Map of the coast of Monterey Bay from Salinas River southward with a 2016 satellite imagery of the same region reflecting changes in land use over the preceding 162 years.
Comparison Of 1770 Map With 1913 U.S.G.S. Map Of The Monterey Bay Area
Comparison Of 1770 Map With 1913 U.S.G.S. Map Of The Monterey Bay Area
Historical and Contemporary Comparison Maps
A comparison of the Monterey Bay area depicted on a 1770 Spanish map prepared by cartographer Miguel Constanzó depicting the Port of Monterrey in which he identified landmarks and potential locations for anchoring ships, including Point Pinos, sheltered anchorage (except from the north-northwest winds), the site for the Mission and Presidio de San Carlos, several lagoons and an estuary that were filled by the tide with a 1913 map of the Monterey Bay area prepared by the U.S.G.S.
1883 - History Of Santa Barbara County
1883 - History Of Santa Barbara County
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
This 1883 publication by Thompson & West, Oakland, California, provides a diverse account about individuals, events occurring during the early years of American occupation of California, and life in California including, but not limited to, pre-Spanish occupants, Spanish-Mexican occupancy, agriculture, discovery of gold, county government, Spanish grants, education, industry, politics.
Rancho De San Pedro (Chapman), Diseño 512, Ventura (Formerly Santa Barbara) County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Santa Barbara County
National Archives Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the U. S. Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Hoffman Table of Land Claims Appendix, Reports on Land Cases, Vol. I, 1862, Ogden Hoffman – Index of land claims, in chronological order by Diseño number, made to the U.S. Land Commission for rancho land previously granted by the Spanish/Mexican …
Santa Gertrudes (Colima), Diseño 475, Glo No. 463, Los Angeles (Formerly Santa Barbara) County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Santa Barbara County
National Archives Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
National Archives Expediente – Hand-written Spanish-Mexican land grant document issued to Spanish or Mexican citizens for land located in Alta-California.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the U. S. Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Bancroft Notes – Document detailing information and documents regarding a rancho found in the Bancroft Archives.
Bancroft Diseños – Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican …
Sespe (Also Called San Cayetano), Diseño 49, Glo No. 397, Ventura (Formerly Santa Barbara) County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Santa Barbara County
National Archives Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the U. S. Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Bancroft Notes – Document detailing information and documents regarding a rancho found in the Bancroft Archives.
Bancroft Diseños – Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican governments used in the …
Ojai, Diseño 139, Glo No. 389, Santa Barbara (Ventura) County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Ojai, Diseño 139, Glo No. 389, Santa Barbara (Ventura) County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Santa Barbara County
National Archives Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the U. S. Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Bancroft Notes – Document detailing information and documents regarding a rancho found in the Bancroft Archives.
Bancroft Diseños – Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican governments used in the …
Guadalasca, Diseño 31, Glo No. 406, Santa Barbara (Ventura) County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Santa Barbara County
National Archives Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
National Archives Expediente – Hand-written Spanish-Mexican land grant document issued to Spanish or Mexican citizens for land located in Alta-California.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the U. S. Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Bancroft Notes – Document detailing information and documents regarding a rancho found in the Bancroft Archives.
Bancroft Diseños – Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican …
1919 - Capitola Quadrangle Topographical Survey, Santa Cruz And Monterey Counties - Usgs
1919 - Capitola Quadrangle Topographical Survey, Santa Cruz And Monterey Counties - Usgs
Groundwater Basin Maps
1919 U.S. Geological topographical survey depicting the Capitola Quadrangle, Santa Cruz and Monterey counties, California, reflecting landmarks, creeks, ranchos, railways and roads.
1919 - Paso Robles Quadrangle Topographical Survey, San Luis Obispo County - Usgs
1919 - Paso Robles Quadrangle Topographical Survey, San Luis Obispo County - Usgs
Groundwater Basin Maps
A 1919 Geological topographical survey depicting the Paso Robles Quadrangle, San Luis Obispo County, California, reflecting landmarks, Salinas River, creeks, ranchos, railways and roads.
1919 - San Simeon Quadrangle Topographical Survey, San Luis Obispo County - Usgs
1919 - San Simeon Quadrangle Topographical Survey, San Luis Obispo County - Usgs
Groundwater Basin Maps
A 1919 U.S. Geological topographical survey depicting the SanSimeon Quadrangle, San Luis Obispo County, California, reflecting landmarks, creeks, ranchos, railways and roads.
1921 - Metz Quadrangle Topographical Survey, Monterey And San Benito Counties - Usgs
1921 - Metz Quadrangle Topographical Survey, Monterey And San Benito Counties - Usgs
Groundwater Basin Maps
1921 U.S. Geological topographical survey depicting the Metz Quadrangle, Monterey and San Benito counties, California, reflecting landmarks, Salinas River, creeks, ranchos, railways and roads.
1923 - Water Resources Of California, A Report To The Legislature Of 1923, Bulletin No. 4
1923 - Water Resources Of California, A Report To The Legislature Of 1923, Bulletin No. 4
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
A 1923 report prepared by the California Department of Public Works, Division of Engineering and Irrigation, along with a Consulting Board consisting of members of the civil engineering profession. The engineering department was tasked with determining the maximum amount of water that could be delivered to the maximum area of land, the maximum control of flood waters, the maximum storage of waters, the effects of deforestation and all possible and practicable uses for such waters in California. The engineering department was further tasked with determining a comprehensive plan for the accomplishment of the maximum conservation, control, storage, distribution and application …
1919 - Adelaida Quadrangle Topographical Survey, San Luis Obispo County - Usgs
1919 - Adelaida Quadrangle Topographical Survey, San Luis Obispo County - Usgs
Groundwater Basin Maps
1919 - U.S. Geological topographical survey depicting the Adelaida Quadrangle, San Luis Obispo County, California, reflecting landmarks, creeks, ranchos, railways and roads.
1919 - Bryson Quadrangle Topographical Survey, Monterey County - Usgs
1919 - Bryson Quadrangle Topographical Survey, Monterey County - Usgs
Groundwater Basin Maps
A 1919 U.S. Geological topographical survey depicting the Bryson Quadrangle, Monterey County, California, reflecting landmarks, creeks, ranchos, railways and roads
1919 - Junipero Serra Quadrangle Topographical Survey, Monterey Countyu.S. Geological Topographical Survey Of San Luis Obispo Quadrangle. - Usgs
Groundwater Basin Maps
U.S. Geological topographical survey depicting the Junipero Serra Quadrangle, Monterey County, California, reflecting landmarks, creeks, ranchos, railways and roads.
1919 - San Miguel Quadrangle Topographical Survey, Monterey And San Luis Obispo Counties - Usgs
1919 - San Miguel Quadrangle Topographical Survey, Monterey And San Luis Obispo Counties - Usgs
Groundwater Basin Maps
U.S. Geological topographical survey depicting the San Miguel Quadrangle, Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties, California, reflecting landmarks, Salinas River, creeks, ranchos, railways and roads.