Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 534
urning of buildingswere of almost daily occurrence until the bet-ter class of citizens organized the famous Vigi-lance Committees, the second of which heldthe city for three months, in 1856, and firmlyestablished law and order. This pioneer periodof San Francisco is especially interesting toevery… … RESTORATION OF THE OLD MISSION DOLORES. its mixed population gathered from every landunder the sun. It was the gateway to the Cali-fornia of the gold-miner, and the whole Stateseemed to grow up about its rocky peaks. Never before had Americans attempted tobuild a great city upon a more difficult…
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