Yanks in the Redwoods : Carving Out a Life in Northern California.

Intro -- Contents -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1. LEWIS AND CLARK FOLLOW THE COLUMBIA RIVER TO THE PACIFIC, WITH HELP FROM THE CLATSOP NATION -- CHAPTER 2. JOHN WORK'S EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH MENDOCINO COAST, FROM BODEGA BAY TO THE MATTOLE RIVER -- CHAPTER 3. JESSE APPLEGATE'S JOURNEY ON THE OREGON TRAIL, THE OSAGE RIVER TO THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY, 1843 -- CHAPTER 4. NORTH COAST EXPLORER/SETTLERS FIND GOLD! GEORGE GIBBS, OREGON TERRITORY'S FIRST CUSTOMS COLLECTOR, 1850 -- CHAPTER 5. THE IMPACT OF ANGLO-SAXONS ON EARLY NORTHERN CALIFORNIA -- CHAPTER 6. COMMISSIONER REDICK MCKEE EXPLORES NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA, AUGUST TO DECEMBER, 1851 -- CHAPTER 7. THE FIRST MILLS ON THE NORTH MENDOCINO COAST -- CHAPTER 8. OREGON BOUND - 1853 -- CHAPTER 9. FOUNDING OF THE MENDOCINO RESERVATION AND FORT BRAGG, LT. HORATIO T. GIBSON, U.S. ARMY -- CHAPTER 10. THE INVESTIGATION OF THOMAS J. HENLEY CALIFORNIA SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS -- CHAPTER 11. MENDOCINO COAST SETTLEMENT TAKES HOLD -- CHAPTER 12. "DOGHOLE" SCHOONERS LINK THE MENDOCINO COAST TO THE WORLD, FORT BRAGG BECOMES A CITY -- CHAPTER 13. ETTA &amp -- WILDER PULLEN, LITTLE RIVER -- CHAPTER 14. OUT OF THE PAST - A SURVIVOR'S STORY -- EPILOGUE -- APPENDICES -- SOURCES -- Index.

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