02052cam a22003251 4500 rc 01000760 DLC 20260227111901.0 cr ||||||||||| 830331s1881 cau 000 0 eng rc 01000760 DLC CarP DLC n-us-ca F867 .B43 1881 Bell, Horace, 1830-1918. Reminiscences of a ranger; or, Early times in Southern California. By Major Horace Bell. Early times in Southern California Los Angeles, Yarnell, Caystile & Mathes, printers, 1881. 2 p.l., [2], [9]-457 p. 24 cm. Horace Bell (1830-1918) left Indiana to seek gold in California. In 1852, he moved to Los Angeles and later became involved in American filibustering in Latin America and saw service in the Union Army before returning to Los Angeles after the Civil War to become a lawyer and newspaper publisher. Reminiscences of a ranger (1881) includes anecdotes of Bell's experiences as a Los Angeles Ranger pursuing Joaquin Murietta in 1853, a soldier of fortune in Latin America, a Union officer in the Civil War, and a Los Angeles newspaper editor. He provides lively ancedotes of Los Angeles and its residents under Mexican and American rule, emphasizing cowboys and criminals and native Americans. Throughout, Bell gives special attention to the fate of Hispanic Californians and Native Americans under the United States regime. For another collection of Bell's reminiscences, see On the old west coast (1930). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. No known restrictions on publication. California, Southern. Frontier and pioneer life California. Ethnic groups California. Law Political aspects California. Mines and mineral resources California. Business California. calbk 103 t http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/calbk.103 51894 51894