Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- San Bernardino County
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Luzena Stanley Wilson, '49er: Memories Recalled Years Later for Her Daughter Correnah Wilson Wright (Mills College, CA: Eucalyptus Press, 1937), by Luzena Stanley Wilson, ed. by Correnah Wilson Wright, contrib. by Francis P. Farquhar, illust. by Kathryn Uhl- Appreciation of Loved Ones Who Made Life Rich for Many, by Lilian A. Cross (HTML at LOC)
- The Autobiography of Charles Peters, by Charles Peters (illustrated HTML at LOC)
- California, 1849-1913: or, The Rambling Sketches and Experiences of Sixty-four Years' Residence in That State, by L. H. Woolley
- California All the Way Back to 1828, by Michael Claringbud White (HTML at LOC)
- From the Kennebec to California: Reminiscences of a California Pioneer, by Henry Hiram Ellis (PDF at LOC)
- Gold and Sunshine: Reminiscences of Early California, by James J. Ayers (HTML at LOC)
- History of California, by Helen Elliott Bandini (Gutenberg text)
- The Last of the Mill Creeks, and Early Life in Northern California, by Sim Moak (HTML at LOC)
- A Letter from A Gold Miner, Placerville, California, October 1850, by S. Shufelt, contrib. by Robert Glass Cleland (HTML at LOC)
- A Picture of Pioneer Times in California, by William Francis White (HTML at LOC)
- Recollections of a California Pioneer (New York: Neale Pub. Co., 1917), by Carlisle S. Abbott
- Reminiscences of a Ranger: or, Early Times in Southern California, by Horace Bell (HTML at LOC)
- Touching Incidents in the Life and Labors of a Pioneer on the Pacific Coast Since 1853, by Joseph Wilkinson Hines (HTML at LOC)
- A Trip to the Gold Mines of California in 1848, by John Alfred Swan, ed. by John A. Hussey (HTML at LOC)
- A Yankee Trader in the Gold Rush, by Franklin Agustus Buck (HTML at LOC)
- Unfortunate Emigrants: Narratives of the Donner Party (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 1996), ed. by Kristin Johnson (PDF with commentary at usu.edu)
- Alonzo Delano's California Correspondence, by Alonzo Delano (HTML at LOC)
- California Letters of Lucius Fairchild, by Lucius Fairchild, ed. by Joseph Schafer (HTML at LOC)
- The Gold Seekers of '49, by Kimball Webster (HTML at LOC)
- Golden Dreams and Waking Realities, by William Shaw (HTML at LOC)
- The Gregson Memoirs, by Eliza Marshall Gregson and James Gregson (HTML at LOC)
- The Land of Little Rain (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1903), by Mary Austin
- Notes of a Voyage to California via Cape Horn, by Samuel C. Upham (HTML at LOC)
- A Pioneer at Sutter's Fort, 1846-1850, by Heinrich Lienhard, trans. by Marguerite Eyer Wilbur (HTML at LOC)
- Ranch Life in California, by Evelyn M. Herstlet (HTML at LOC)
- Recollections of Pioneer Work in California, by James Woods (HTML at LOC)
- Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings, by Daniel Bates Woods (HTML at LOC)
- One Man's Gold: The Letters and Journal of a Forty-Niner (1930), by Enos Christman, ed. by Florence Morrow Christman (PDF and XML at loc.gov)
- The Diary of Johann August Sutter, by John Augustus Sutter (HTML at LOC)
- Recollections of a Newspaperman: A Record of Life and Events in California, by Frank Aleamon Leach (PDF at loc.gov)
- Report of the Debates in the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1849 (Washington: Printed by J. T. Towers, 1850), by California Constitutional Convention (1849), ed. by J. Ross Browne
- Scharmann's Overland Journey to California, by Herman B. Scharmann, trans. by Margaret Hoff Zimmerman and Erich W. Zimmerman (HTML at LOC)
- Three Years in California, by John David Borthwick
- Life and Adventures of the Celebrated Bandit, Joaquin Murrieta: His Exploits in the State of California (Chicago: Regan Pub. Corp., 1925), by Ireneo Paz, trans. by Frances P. Belle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The Negro Trail Blazers of California: A Compilation of Records From the California Archives in the Bancroft Library at the University of California, in Berkeley, and From the Diaries, Old Papers and Conversations of Old Pioneers in the State of California (Los Angeles, 1919), by Delilah L. Beasley
- Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California, in 1848-9 (two volumes), by William Redmond Ryan (HTML at LOC)
- Vida y Aventuras del Más Célebre Bandido Sonorense, Joaquín Murrieta, y Sus Grandes Proezas en el Estado de California (sixth edition, in Spanish; Los Angeles: C. G. Vincent and Co., 1923), by Ireneo Paz
- My own story (Belford-Clarke co., 1890), by Joaquin Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
- California, 1849-1913; or, The rambling sketches and experiences of sixty-four years' residence in that state (De Witt & Snelling, 1913), by L. H. Woolley (page images at HathiTrust)
- The autobiography of Charles Peters, in 1915 the oldest pioneer living in California, who mined in ... the days of '49 ... Also historical happenings, interesting incidents and illustrations of the old mining towns in the good luck era, the placer mining days of the '50s. (The La Grave co., 1915), by Charles Peters (page images at HathiTrust)
- Unwritten history : life amongst the Modocs (American Publishing Company, 1874), by Joaquin Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
- The pioneer miner and the pack mule express (California historical society, 1931), by Ernest A. Wiltsee (page images at HathiTrust)
- Autobiography of Lorenzo Waugh ... (Pacific Press, 1883), by Lorenzo Waugh (page images at HathiTrust)
- Life-story of Gershom and Elizabeth Day (American Baptist Publication Society, 1895), by M. E. D. Trowbridge, Zelotes Grenell, and American Baptist Publication Society (page images at HathiTrust)
- California gold (Harvard Univ, Press, 1947), by Rodman W. Paul (page images at HathiTrust)
- A letter from a gold miner, Placerville, California, October 1850 (Friends of the Huntington Library, 1944), by S. Shufelt and Robert Glass Cleland (page images at HathiTrust)
- The gold seekers of '49; a personal narrative of the Overland Trail and adventures in California and Oregon from 1849 to 1854. (Standard Book Co., 1917), by Kimball Webster and George Waldo Browne (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Great understander : true life story of the last of the Wells Fargo shotgun express messengers (W.W. Walter, 1931), by Oliver Roberts De La Fontaine and William Wilfred Walter (page images at HathiTrust)
- Reminiscences of a ranger : or, Early times in Southern California (W. Hebberd, 1927), by Horace Bell, James S. Bodrero, and Arthur M. Ellis (page images at HathiTrust)
- California all the way back to 1828. (G. Dawson, 1956), by Michael C. White and Thomas Savage (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Argonauts of California, being the reminiscences of scenes and incidents that occurred in California in early mining days (Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1890), by Charles Warren Haskins (page images at HathiTrust)
- Seeing the elephant; letters of R. R. Taylor, forty niner (W. Ritchie Press, 1951), by Rinaldo Rinaldini Taylor, Catherine Frances Cowan Taylor, and John Walton Caughey (page images at HathiTrust)
- Recollections of a California pioneer. (The Neale Publishing Company, 1917), by Carlisle S. Abbott (page images at HathiTrust)
- Christmas in the gold fields, 1849; the reminiscences of Joseph J. McCloskey & Hermann J. Sharmann (California Historical Society, 1959), by Joseph J. McCloskey and Hermann J Sharmann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The last of the Mill Creeks, and early life in northern California (Chico, Calif, 1923), by Sim Moak (page images at HathiTrust)
- The hell-roarin' forty-niners (Sears, 1928), by Robert Welles Ritchie (page images at HathiTrust)
- Gold and sunshine, reminiscences of early California (R. G. Badger, 1922), by James J. Ayers, Hatherly B. Todd, and Joseph Z. Todd (page images at HathiTrust)
- Heroes of California : the story of the founders of the Golden state as narrated by themselves or gleaned from other sources (Little, Brown, and Company, 1910), by George Wharton James (page images at HathiTrust)
- A woodside reminiscence (Privately published, printed by P. Elder, 1920), by Grizzly Ryder and Cutler L. Bonestell (page images at HathiTrust)
- Touching incidents in the life and labors of a pioneer on the Pacific Coast since 1853. (Eaton & Co., 1911), by Joseph Wilkinson Hines (page images at HathiTrust)
- Recollections of a newspaperman; a record of life and events in California (S. Levinson, 1917), by Frank Aleamon Leach (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Oration of John J. Lermen ... California's admission day, September 9th, 1915, Court of the Universe, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California. ([San Francisco?, 1915), by John J. Lermen (page images at HathiTrust)
- Index ... Eldorado : or California, as seen by a pioneer, 1850- 1900 (s.n., 1935), by Joseph Gaer and D. A. Shaw (page images at HathiTrust)
- Life amongst the Modocs : unwritten history (Richard Bentley and Son ..., 1873), by Joaquin Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
- Unwritten history (American Pub. Co., 1885), by Joaquin Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
- Recollections of pioneer work in California. (J. Winterburn & Co., printers, 1878), by James Woods (page images at HathiTrust)
- My roving life. A diary of travels and adventures by sea and land, during peace and war. (Auburn, Cal., 1895), by Joseph A. Stuart (page images at HathiTrust)
- Pioneer days in California: (Times publishing company, 1891), by John Carr (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Coast Rangers : a chronicle of adventures in California (Paisano Press, 1959), by J. Ross Browne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- California, 1849-1913; or, The rambling sketches and experiences of sixty-four years' residence in that state (De Witt & Snelling, 1913), by L. H. Woolley (page images at HathiTrust)
- The autobiography of Charles Peters, in 1915 the oldest pioneer living in California, who mined in ... the days of '49 ... Also historical happenings, interesting incidents and illustrations of the old mining towns in the good luck era, the placer mining days of the '50s. (The LaGrave co., 1915), by Charles Peters (page images at HathiTrust)
- A picture of pioneer times in California, illustrated with anecdotes and stories taken from real life. (Printed by W.M. Hinton & co., 1881), by William Francis White (page images at HathiTrust)
- The gold seekers of '49; a personal narrative of the overland trail and adventures in California and Oregon from 1849 to 1854. (Standard book company, 1917), by Kimball Webster and George Waldo Browne (page images at HathiTrust)
- Touching incidents in the life and labors of a pioneer on the Pacific coast since 1853. (Eaton & co., printers, 1911), by Joseph Wilkinson Hines (page images at HathiTrust)
- Paquita, the Indian heroine. A true story ... presenting graphic pictures of Indian home life in peace and war, as beheld by the author during his residence of four years among the red men. (American publishing company, 1881), by Joaquin Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
- Kit Carson in California : with extracts from his own story (California historical society, 1922), by Charles Lewis Camp and California Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Seventy-five years in California : a history of events and life in California, personal, political and military, under the Mexican regime, during the quasi-military government of the territory by the United States, and after the admission of the state to the union (J. Howell, 1929), by William Heath Davis and Douglas S. Watson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Recollections of a pioneer cowboy : a true story (Simi for Service, 1962), by Frank M. Cornett (page images at HathiTrust)
- Jamestown centennial celebration 1848-1948 : souvenir program (s.n., 1948) (page images at HathiTrust)
- In camp and cabin : mining life and adventure, in California during 1850 and later (J. Steele, 1901), by John Steele (page images at HathiTrust)
- Life experiences of N. T. Wood during the "days of gold" in California (s.n., 1923), by N. T. Wood (page images at HathiTrust)
- Pioneer days in California : historical and personal sketches (Times Pub. Co., 1970), by John Carr (page images at HathiTrust)
- Pioneers of El Dorado (C. E. Upton, 1906), by Charles Elmer Upton (page images at HathiTrust)
- A pioneer pastorate and times, embodying contemporary local transactions and events (Wallace & Hassett, printers, 1879), by Albert Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
- A pastoral prince; the history and reminiscences of J. W. Cooper. (Santa Barbara, Cal., 1893), by Frank Sands (page images at HathiTrust)
- Californien, über dessen Bevölkerung und gesellschaftliche Zustände, politische, religiöse und Schul-verhältnisse, Handel, Industrie, Minen, Ackerbau, u.s.w. (E. Steiger, 1867), by Karl Rühl (page images at HathiTrust)
- Autobiography of Isaac Jones Wistar, 1827-1905. (The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1914), by Isaac Jones Wistar (page images at HathiTrust)
- Alonzo Delano's California correspondence; being letters hitherto uncollected from the Ottawa (Illinois) Free Trader and the New Orleans True Delta, 1849-1852 (Sacramento Book Collectors Club, 1952), by Alonzo Delano and Irving McKee (page images at HathiTrust)
- Reminiscences of an old timer : a recital of the actual events, incidents, trials, hardships, vicissitudes, adventures, perils, and escapes of a pioneer, hunter, miner and scout of the Pacific northwest ; together with his later experiences in official and business capacities, and a brief description of the resources, beauties and advantages of the new northwest ; the several Indian wars, anecdotes, etc. (Review and Herald, 1889), by George Hunter (page images at HathiTrust)
- 3 years in California (William Blackwood and Sons, 1857), by John David Borthwick, George Cosgrave, and William Blackwood and Sons (page images at HathiTrust)
- A picture of pioneer times in California, illustrated with anecdotes and stores taken from real life. (Printed by W. M. Hinton & co., 1881), by William Francis White (page images at HathiTrust)
- Romatic life amongst the red Indians. (Saxon & Co., 1890), by Joaquin Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
- California in 1837. Diary of Col. Philip L. Edwards, containing an account of a trip to the Pacific coast. (A. J. Johnson & Co., 1890), by Philip Leget Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
- A pastoral prince : the history and reminiscences of J.W. Cooper ([s.n.], 1893), by Frank Sands (page images at HathiTrust)
- Untold tales of California : short stories illustrating phases of life peculiar to early days in the West, embalmed in book that they may remain when the actors are gone (J.A. Filcher], 1903), by J. A. Filcher (page images at HathiTrust)
- My life among the Indians (Morrill, Higgins & co., 1892), by Joaquin Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
- George Yount : the kindly host of Caymus Rancho (Grabhorn Press, 1941), by Ellen Lamont Wood and Grabhorn Press (page images at HathiTrust)
- Crossing the plains and early days in California : memories of girlhood days in California's golden age (Priv. print. for the author, 1928), by Mary E. Ackley (page images at HathiTrust)
- Poker as it was played in Deadwood in the fifties ([Wheatstalk Press], 1928), by Carl I. Wheat and Wheatstalk Press (page images at HathiTrust)
- California emigrant letters (Bookman Associates, 1952), by Walker Demarquis Wyman (page images at HathiTrust)
- California mining camp (Valley Publishers, in the 1960s), by Mary Hallock Foote, Curator Introduction by Constance B. Perham, and New Almaden Museum (page images at HathiTrust)
- Adventures in California (Published at the Empire Steam Printing House, 1857), by Jane Barron (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ranch life in California. : Extracted from the home correspondence of E.M.H. (W.H. Allen & Co., 13 Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, S.W., 1886), by E. M. H. (Evelyn M. Hertslet) and W.H. Allen & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
- Modern Gil Blas. (Methuen, 1900), by Alexandre Dumas and Ernest Alfred Vizetelly (page images at HathiTrust)
- Paquita, the Indian heroine : a true story ... presenting graphic pictures of Indian home life in peace and war : as beheld by the author during his residence of four years among the red men (American Pub. Co., 1881), by Joaquin Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
- The gold seekers of '49 : a personal narrative of the overland trail and adventures in California and Oregon from 1849 to 1854, by Kimball Webster, contrib. by George Waldo Browne, illust. by Frank Holland (Gutenberg ebook)
- Sixteen months at the gold diggings, by Daniel B. Woods (Gutenberg ebook)
- The Land of Little Rain, by Mary Austin (Gutenberg ebook)
- The Life of Bret Harte, with Some Account of the California Pioneers, by Henry Childs Merwin (Gutenberg ebook)
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