The sunset land; or, The great Pacific slope.
Todd, John, 1800-1873.
The sunset land; or, The great Pacific slope. By Rev. John Todd, D.D. - Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1870. - 3 p.l., 9-322 p. 18 cm.
John Todd (1800-1873), a Congregationalist clergyman in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, wrote widely and published several religious magazines. The sunset land (1870) contains Todd's experiences as a visitor to California in the mid 1860s, with essays on the state's history, climate, agricultural products, and geology; gold mining; the Calaveras redwoods; and Yosemite Valley. He devotes a chapter to Mormonism and what he believes to be its inevitable decline; another, to the triumph of the transcontinental railroad; and a third, to the city of San Francisco.
No known restrictions on publication.
rc 01000890
Mormon Church.
Mines and mineral resources--California.
Ethnic groups--California.
Agriculture--California.
Business--California.
California--Description and travel.
F866 / .T6
The sunset land; or, The great Pacific slope. By Rev. John Todd, D.D. - Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1870. - 3 p.l., 9-322 p. 18 cm.
John Todd (1800-1873), a Congregationalist clergyman in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, wrote widely and published several religious magazines. The sunset land (1870) contains Todd's experiences as a visitor to California in the mid 1860s, with essays on the state's history, climate, agricultural products, and geology; gold mining; the Calaveras redwoods; and Yosemite Valley. He devotes a chapter to Mormonism and what he believes to be its inevitable decline; another, to the triumph of the transcontinental railroad; and a third, to the city of San Francisco.
No known restrictions on publication.
rc 01000890
Mormon Church.
Mines and mineral resources--California.
Ethnic groups--California.
Agriculture--California.
Business--California.
California--Description and travel.
F866 / .T6