History of Merced County, California with biographical sketches of prominent citizens, Part 1

Author: Parker, J. Carlyle; Elliott & Moore
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: San Francisco : Elliott & Moore
Number of Pages: 366


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IN preparing the historical part of this work we are in- dobted for valuable information furnished on different sub- jects to Gen. J. W. Bost, Mark Howell, Esq., Hon. J. W. Robertson, E. T. Dixon, Mrs. R. G. Stcele, L. F. Beckwith, Harry Chapman, Esq., and many others.


To the oditors of tho Express and Argus our thanks are especially due for the use of files of thoir respective journals which wo found invaluable in fixing many dates of important ovents.


We must not fail to acknowledgo many acts of encourage- mont and for documentary mattor furnished by the several county officers. They have assisted ns in many ways.


Owing to the transitory state of society during the early days of California, it is impossible at this comparatively re- mote period, to fix tho exact dates of many occurrences, or to get at tho full truth of the matter.


Gathering news of early events is very unsatisfactory. An "old pioneer " will enlarge by the hour upon early days, but pin him down to facts and figures, and endeavor to get a tangible historical account of any particular event of " those glorious days," aud it seems to be too great an effort. Now a pioneer never would be guilty of admitting that he had forgotten anything of early times, yet get a half-dozen together to fix the date of any event, and no two of them will agree. Each will have a different date and version of the affair, and positively affirm it, as he "was there at the timo." Special care has been taken, however, to avoid all discrepancies, and we flatter ourselves that, in the main, the facts set forth will prove to be perfectly reliable.


We have been in many cases unable to give proper credit for articles found floating about, or sent to us, and have therefore transferred them boldly to these columns. All history is made up from the statements and records of others. There can be no originality in the facts of history.


It has been the policy of men in all ages to preserve hy tradition, inscription, monument or mannscript, the mem- ory of individuals and events associated with the settlement


of a Stateor Country. We have therefore given considerable space to the biographical department, which contains very much of interest. A few years from now it will bo oftenest perused, for people delight to read of the pioneers of a country and of their trials. Each sketch contains some inci- conts of pioneer life, or some facts relative to the county, its soil, modo of cultivation, variety of crops, manner of har- vesting, average production of different localities, and sim- ilar information not easily separated from the personal narrative, but can be found by the subheadings.


One design of this publication was to represont by pic- tures the most important features of Merced county, as pro- sented in residences, farms and business. It is conceded that overy handsome residence, good business block, or im- proved farm is a monument to the taste and prosperity of the community in which they are situated, and no written description alone can adequately portray them to the world. Our task has been to endeavor to roproduce these features; to make history by pictures as well as by words.


The book is illustrated, as may be seen at a glance, with views of the chief residences and ranches of the county, to- gether with cultivating and harvesting scenes. Portraits of the county officers appear, as well as thoso of other prom- inent citizens. Attention is called to the frontispieco, iu which are represented the various buildings used as Court Houses, at different times, down to the beautiful one of the present day.


We expect criticism. All that the publishers ask is that it be done in charity, after considering all the obstacles aud hindrances involved in a work of this magnitude. Few per- sons withont actnal experience can comprehend the care and pains necessary to completo a work of this description.


Our thanks are due to the citizens of Merced county for tho cordial good feeling manifested toward our enterprise, having received from them that aid and support which can only be expected among prosperous and intelligent people.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS.


LIST OF LITHOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS, MAPS, CHARTS, AND DIAGRAMS.


.130


.212 Wheat, lob.


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,- Miller, llenry.


Atwater, Marshall 1.


Merrill, l'eter


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Batca, N. C.


. 14 Met 'lenathan, M ..


. 15 A,lams, James C.


Rost, John W


. 76 Morley, J. W.


.160 Aiken, W. B ..


Burnaid», W. A ..


Met'loskey, J. H ..


.135 Bout, Hon. J. W


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Baxter, Robert.


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Brown, Jerome.


12


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106


Merred Bank.


Daulton, H. C.


10


Black, A. G.


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Howell, Mark H


156


Cathey, Andrew


Nelson's Mill


MeSwain, J. F.


Cnthey's Valley.


O'Dunnell, lutin


Chamberlain, A


Frontispiece


Ostrander, H. J.


Conrt Ilunges


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Quigley, W. . 1.


** (Aumajuditan" Saloon


401


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Rubertson, Hon. J. W


Cunningham, James. .


Pasn Farm.


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Simonson, John H ...


Cunningham, Juhn .


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18% Sutter, John A.


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60 Staneroad, N. B


Crittenden, J. L.


110 I'ate, F. M. .


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Smith, John C ..


119


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Ramsey, Thomas ,1


.142


WOOD ENGRAVINGS.


Dmultim, II. C.


212


Rusenthal, A ..


60


Alcalde Colton and the Miner.


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Bridal Veil Falls.


63


Dickenson's Ferry


176


216


Colton Hall


46


Enrl, Robert.


144


Silman, W. L.


(Frist Mills of Early Settlers


183


Eureka Mine. ..


160


Smith, John C.


134


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Fumnan, Eli


44


Steele, Robert .J


.184


San Juan Mission. .


19


Fitzhugh Ranch.


110


Shepherd's Home ...


196


San Joaquin River hy Moonlight 119


Grimes, I. C ..


Steele, Mrs. R. G.


99


Hang P'lows.


184 Stevenson, J. J.


126


Givens, Thomas


Scheeline, R


114


Givens, E. T.


88


Turner, J. A


24


Charts Showing Wind Currents. 6


Harris, Bros.


20 Traveling Thresher.


102


Healey, H. C.


98


Turner W. E ..


Diagram of Rain-fall in State.


Healy, E. W.


17


Turner, William C ..


212


Diagram of Table Mountain 211


4


Kelsey, Erastus


212 Vaneless Windmill.


204 Map of Merced County


Karn & San.


. 160 Wilson, R. M.


Lewis, D. E.


INDEX TO THE HISTORICAL, LOCAL, AND GENERAL MATTER.


Adobe Houses. .


81 | Cosmopolitan Saloon.


83


El Capitan Hotel.


57


Alcaldes as Judges.


County Seat Contest.


A Primitive Court.


91


" 2dl Locations.


88


Financial Condition of Jounty 101


179


Attacked by Indians (Stoneroad]


154, 181 | Court Honse Bouds Issned. .


89


Farming Ten Years Ago (Kahl).


137


Alkaline and Adobe Soils.


175


92


Fiddletown, now uamed (Reynolds).


51


Animals of the County


40


Raising (Stoneroad).


.106


Fremont's Journey Through Merced.


75


A Speck of Gold.


61


Criminal Records.


60


Teachers' Convention


196


Agricultural Statistics.


Cosmopolitan Hotel ....


86, 118


Settlers Kept Near the Coast.


77


Birds of the Valley.


County Officers ..


79


: White Woman in Camp,


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Botany of Mereud County


.. 220


Dickenson's Ferry . .


197


Bear Flag War.


Dead Rivers ..


88


English Historian.


18


231


19


Indian Baptism. ..


29


-- Their Discovery


35


.. · Mariposa Grove.


231


Discoveries of Gold.


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Pioneer Squatters. .


27


Cause of Hot Northwest Winds


176


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Saw-mill Erected ..


22 Settlement North of Sacramento,


42


Climate of Merced County.


204


130 Early Stages and Express. 169


Protestant Worship.


Chester Village.


96 | Extent of Timber Belt


Cotton Culture.


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Erection and Dedication.


90


Fight With a Grizzly (Givens). 13


Amount of Land Irrigated.


221


135


Fight Under Bear Flag ...


79


Arrival of Captain Sutter.


58


Cemetery Association.


109


First White Person in Jan Joaquin Valley. 195


Alcalde Meets theMiner.


68


Comparative Size of Counties.


115


Board of Education .


Bonds when Due.


131, 147


Description of Sutter's Fort.


.177


Impression of the Valley.


171


Beautiful Floral Scene.


221


Bands of Wild Elk


46


Dixon's School Report. 211


" California Legislature Cast Plow and Miner's Pick


31


Big Trees of Merced Grove


230 | Decline of Various Missions


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Dommer Party, 1846.


56


26


Churches of Merceil County


201


118


Windmill in State.


31


Cost of Producing Crops.


.177 Early Mining Days.


123


Chowchilla Canal ..


198 Events of Twenty Years Ago.


165


43


Extent of San Joaquin Valley.


Grindstones Manufactured.


Cause of West Side Being Dry


45


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84 | Yosemite Stables


Apqdlegarth, William.


0> Moran. M. A.


LITHOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS.


116


Bowman, Silas ...


Murray. S. R.


176


Murray, Charles,


110 Baxter, Robert


.106


Merced Windlen Mills.


110 Dixon, E. T.


Bulfuin & Stoektımı


Merced Star ..


Farrar, Frank H


Nelon & Sun


Bridal Veil Falls.


.209 Selon, C. C.


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Pillans, James,


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Price, Thomas.


39


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Penegar, G, 1:


Cosmopolitan Hotel,


Pillans & Barrett.


32


Steele, Mrs. R. G


Dean, T. C ..


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200


Rose Cuttaye. .


219


Ranch of W. 11. Hartley


Duncan Mine. .


208


Grizzly Adams, 13


27


El Capitan Livery.


Spears, S. K.


106


Indian Sweat House. 33


Express Offee.


.164 Scott, Col. Samuel.


68 San Francisco Bay, 1769.


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Fahey, William


1.4 San Joaquin and Kings River Canals.


173


Sonora Mission 25


Falls of the Merced River.


Spanish Ox-cart 35


Firebaugh's Ferry.


209


Stonernad, W. P. & Company


,119


Griffith, Dr. J.


Stoneroad, N. B.


Sutter's Mill. .


65


Giriines, Eli


24 | Smith, Augustine.


211 Tuolumne Big Trees.


Givens, S. S.


48


Tualumne Hotel.


103


Hartley, W. H


.144


Texas Hanch.


93


Charts Showing Size of Counties. 69


203


.102


Kuhl, Adam


156


Thornton, H.


Kocher, Jacob.


138 Upton, Thomas


.222


Map of the State.


94


A Primitive Ferry


85


Condition of the Valley, 1846 ..


87


Early Discoveries of Gold. Emigration Societies.


31


Alkali Soil ..


135


Condition of Court House, 18GG


89


Farmers' Canal Company .


140


Artesian Wells.


171


Capabilities of Merced County. Cattle Stampedes.


.223


139


Biographical Sketches


.213


Dos l'alos Canal.


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192


139


Information about Yo Semite


63


Biographies of Pioneer Settlers.


Diagram of Kain-fall.


Dairying in Early Times.


53


Ferry-boat on Bay. Settler in San Joaquin Valley. Settlement in San Joaquin Valley


41


.. Fresno Grove.


107 Desertedl Mines


Dover Village.


American Resident of San Francisco.


46


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94 | Effects of Irrigation. 175


25, 78 , Combined Header and Thresher.


113 | Extensive Wheat Fields.


114


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184


Sutter, Gen. J. A. (portrait).


57


53


State House, San Jose, 1849.


231


216


144 Stoddard, E. M.


81


Plow of the Natives.


15


Ferrel, W. J.


114


Stoneroad W. P.


San Francisco Bay, 1846.


17


Stuckton, Nathaniel S.


.144


24 Ryan, P. .


36 Golden Gate.


14


Evergreen Farm.


Monterey in 1846


Dewey, Henry.


Raynor, William M.


Lauder, Andrew.


152


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Weaver, R. A.


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Diagram of Artesian Well. 180


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TABLE OF CONTENTS OF MERCED HISTORY.


INDEX TO THE HISTORICAL, LOCAL, AND GENERAL MATTER-CONTINUED.


78 | Strange Animals. .


53 | Mariposa Receives its Name ..


83


Scott's Farm Described.


133


First American Governor.


.142


Chief Attraction ..


83


Topographical Features.


84


162


61 First Settlers ..


111


Merced City Described.


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87


11 Grand Jury.


171


- Irrigating Canal.


112


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Postmaster"


114


97 |Soil and Alluvium


113


115 Merced Bank.


114


San Joaquin Valley Explored. Strange Meeting on the Merced. .


29


Well Duy on Plains.


.117


Settlers Ordered to Leave California.


4-1


Grand Jury Tree of 1863.


130 220


Grapes and Vineyards. .


207 Newspaper Enterprises


218


Glaciers of the Sierrns. .


65


Sale of the Missions.


25


Geographical Features.


66 Navigable Streams


24


Great Mountain Ranges.


59 Oldest Merchant in Merced


46


Glance at Early History.


135 Sutter's Mill Located.


50


Gold-dust refused by Merchants History of Merced County


1,73


Oak Trees in Merced.


214


Scenes in the Gold Mines.


61 68


Harvesting Scene in Merced ..


91


"Twenty Years Ago".


123


Habits and Life of Aborigines


167


Trials of Early Miners (Scott) Three Irrigating Periods. .


.173


Ilopeton Villuge. .


177


Indians of Merceil County.


.208 Temperature and Comfort.


202 213


101 Thermal Belt.


103


= Digger Tribe ..


183


Plow Used by Natives


24


Walla Tribe.


Pioneer Linnberman


93


11 Habits and Customs


Pioneer Merchant of Merced


27


at Kuight's Ferry.


Pioneer Toils and Privations.


19


.. Not Warelike.


Pioneer Party of 1843-4.


187


Plainsburg Village ..


21


Indian Chief Manuel.


190 Roileos, or Cattle Gatherings.


" Contrast of Missions, 1834 to 1842


21


= Chief Jerez.


205


..


" Altitude of Places.


G7


= " T'en-ie-ya.


11


" Census of the State.


67


Irrigation in Merceil County


173 Rapid Increases in Wealth.


99


" Wealth and Rise of Counties, 69


71


Improved Henders (Dewey).


85


Remarkable Predictions of a Pioneer.


37


Valuable Farmi Inventions (Baxter) . 150


SS


Inducement Offered Settlers.


96 Review of the Golden Era


60


Visit to a Beautiful Home (Scott).


100


Kocher's Store ..


.159 Rapid Increase in Population


67


Wild Cattle of the Plains ( Wheat).


140


Large Threshing Operations (Karl)


.161 Rich Men of 1793.


19


" Elk {Turner).


143


"Band of Goats


168 Snelling Village Located


115


" Berries, Fruits and Roots. Waste of Water iu Irrigation


.169


Los Baños Village.


83


San Joaquin River Discovered.


Washington Hall Erected ..


114


Merced River ..


74


Valley Described.


165 Yosemite-Who Discovered It. How to Reach It.


227


Mariposa Creek ..


77


11 Origin of Name. 167


BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL SKETCHES.


Atwater, Marshall D.


.94, 147 | Grimes Eli.


.153 | Ostrander, H. J .. 120


Applegartlı, William,


15S Givens, Thomas.


160


Price, Thomas ..


160


Bates, S. C ...


125, 129


Givens, Eleazer T.


137


Pate, Francis M.


132


Bast, Hon. John W.


.149 Harris Brothers.


164


Quigley, W. J ..


147


Burnside, W. A


156


Healey, E. W.


153 Ramsey, Thomas J ..


Bowman, Silas.


150


Hawkins, John ..


161


Reynolds, Reuben.


Baxter, Robert.


161


Kalıl, Adamı. .


140


Rosenthal, A


157


Black, A. G ..


157 Kelsey, Erastus.


144


Robertson, Hou. J. W.


126, 131


Bibby, Nicholas.


104 Lander, Andrew


122


Simonson, John H.


T38


Catlicy, Andrew.


155


Miller, Henry.


94


Smith, John C ...


114, 141


Cunningham, James


158


Meany, A. J.


151


Scott, Col. Samuel


132


Cunuingham, John.


160


Merrell, Peter.


149


Steele, Robert J. ..


143


Crittenden, J. L. .


115


Moran, M. A


115


Steele, Mrs. R. G.


119


Dean, T. C.


145


Means, W. L.


143


Stockton, Nathaniel S.


161


Dixon, E. T.


156


Morley, J. W ..


159


Stoneroad, N. B ..


134


Danlton, Henry C.


139


MeSwain, J. F. .


147


Stoneroad, Mrs. N. B.


143


Dickenson, Gallant Duncan.


150


Merced Woolen Mills ..


117


Smith, Angustine .. Scheelinc, B.


.154


Dewey, Henry.


159


Merced Bank


114


Furman, Eli.


153


Nelson and Son.


145


Turner, William C.


118


Fahey, William.


Nelson's Mill


117 Wheat, Job.


.139


Grimes, I. C ..


122


142 O'Donnell, John 140 Weaver, R. A


.152


Grithith, Dr. Joshua.


142


.. Flouring Mill


Newapaper in County.


56


16


County Organized.


SS | Supervisors ludicteil.


170 ! Siroccos or Burning Winds. 206


167


163


Merced Tribune .. 209 .163 People 194


llotel in Merced City School


112


112


177


209


114


.113


School House of Merced City


29


Alfalfa, Orchard and Vineyard.


121


Marshall's Discovery of Gold.


57


117 Scenes in the Early Courts ..


47


117


Settlers Form a Government. Settlers Organize their Forces. Strange and Eventful Dream ..


49 55


Geology of Merced County


.207


Native Flowering Plauts


22


70 Noted Legislature.


72


Grand Rush for the Gohl Miney.


76


58 One of First Merchants (Stoneroad).


.131


38 Pleasant Home Scene


Hardy Pioneers.


Principal Streams in Merced.


181


181


= Race Disappeared ..


181


Pre-historic Remains. Period of Ice and Snow.


182


Productions of the County


.183


Patrons of Husbandry.


11


23 Timber Forests of State. .


72


11 Mewoc Nation,


30 Threshing Scene of Early Days. .


.. Few in the Valley.


Pioneer Party Arrive, 1841


40 Toulumne Hotel


15


43


Table of Upper California Missions.


20


Method of Fishing


118


" Population of Mission ..


92


at n Feast.


191


Rainy Season.


192


Rainfall at Merced


193 Rich and Productive Soil.


98


" Agricultural Production,


G8


Irrigating Canals. Effects ..


174 Rates of Taxation.


100


" Comparative Priee of Wheat


Important Mining Locality.


166


Rush for the Gold Mines.


59 Vote on County Seat.


133


Kingdom of Miller & Lux


114 Removal and Location of the Capital.


65


Valuation of Property.


127


Lack of Irrigation.


. 118 | Size and Location of Merced County


90


73 Winds of the Valley ..


199


Mariposa County Described


928


Valley Aryus. 162


134


Buffum, E. W


156 | Kocher, Jacob.


114


Raynor, William M.


I47


Blackburn, Josephine.


122


Lewis, David E.


158


Spears, S. K


Cosmopolitan Hotel.


149


McClenathan, M


1)4


Stoneroad, W. P. & Co ..


.164


Dickenson, George Winchester.


139


Mccluskey, J. H


151 Stevenson, James J


Earl, Robert.


.142


115 Nelson, Charles C. .


149 } Thornton, H


102


Whent Sown (Griffith)


98


136


County Officers. .


86


7,115


Declared the County Scat Bottom-Lands.


Source of the San Joaquin. Society on the Stanislaus (Miller). Schools of Merced County.


195


Bank Organized Fire Ciaupany Organized. Hotel in the County.


121


Merced Security Bank.


87 | Merced Falls. = Flonring Mills. Woolen


162


Spanish Ox-cart and Mill Scenes of Festivity and Gaiety. Sutter's Fort Located


.112


12 One Pioneer Remained.


State Lands, How Divided


93 Pioneers of Merced County


132


39, 131


118 Primitive Inhabitants of Merced


: of San Joaquin in 1848.


Sweat Honse.


106 | Temperance Societies Two Important Events


57


183 Principal Rivers.


184


185


114 | Threshing Seene of Modern Days


77


41 Threshing as Done by Russians.


186


187


IS8


" Number of Missions in 1802


203


" Final Disposition of Missions.


Shameful Murder


170 Railroad Enters the Valley.


.150 Kaip-fall Tahles


203, 205


Moraga Visits the Valle.


148


112 Givens, Samuel S


150 Penegar, G. R.


73


Secret and Benevolent Societies. .


Silman's Stage Line . Sheep-Raising (Stoneroad) (Danlton}


15"


Miller & Lux Irrigation Works. " Ranch


School Superintendent's Report in 1863 =


136


152


112


208 |Temple Slough Canal.


RECORDER.


TREASURER.


COT


COUNTY JUDGE FROM 6.1863 10 1880


In Quigling


-


OFFICERS.


MERCED.


COUNTY CLERK.


W.W. ELLIOTT & CO. UTN. S.F.


Frank St. Farrar.


DISTRICT ATTORNEY.


HISTORY


-OF-


MERCED COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.


ERCED County to-day stands pre-eminently first among the counties of California in the productions of her soil. The progress she has made within the last ten years has been mar- velons, and almost beyond conception,


This rich and productive county is situated in the heart of the great San Joaquin Valley, cinbracing a territory extending from the foot- hills of the Sierra Nevada range of mount- ains on the east, to the summit of the Central or Coast Range on the west.


The Southern Paeitic Railroad runs through the county from uorth to south, in about the eenter of the great productive valley. This and the San Joaquin River affords unlimited facilities for the shipment of produee.


THE RIVERS AND STREAMS.


The principal river running through the county, and from which this great valley is named, is the Sau Joaquin. Next to the Sacramento this is the largest and most important river in the State. It flows northerly towards the Sacramento on the north, draining in its way the great valley of the San Joaquin. It passes through this county on the west, parallel to and not far distant from the Coast Range, the streams from that range feeding its waters during the rainy season. This river is about 350 miles long, is navigable for ordinary steamers to Grayson, Hill's Ferry, and Firebaughs, and for small eraft during high water in the winter and spring of the year to the mouth of the Tulare slough, abont 150 miles.




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