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00 Preface
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01 Boston, California, and Canton
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02 Restrictions and Evasions
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03 The Russian Experiment
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04 The Whalers and Hide Traders
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05 Jedediah Smith, ''Pathfinder of the Sierras''
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06 James Ohio Pattie, Fur trader and Explorer
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07 The Successors of Smith and Pattie
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08 Advertising and Immigration--John Bidwell
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09 Immigration and Tragedy--The Donner Party
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10 Wilkes and Fremont, Government Explorers
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11 Jackson, Tyler, and California
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12 ''Anarchy and Confusion.''
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13 Plans for Annexation
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14 California, Great Britain, and the United States
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15 The Bear Flag Revolt
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16 The Conquest of California
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17 The Gold Rush
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18 Statehood
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19 Mines and Miners
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20 San Francisco, The Boisterous
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21 The Queen of the Cow Counties
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22 California and Sonora: The Day of the Filibuster
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23 The First Decade of Politics
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24 The Overland Mail and the Pony Express
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25 The Background of the Pacific Railroad
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26 The Central Pacific Railroad
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27 The Discontented Seventies
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28 Politics 1180-1910: A Resume
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29 Material Progress
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30 Review and Prophecy