or, Early times in Southern California Bell, Horace 1830-1918 creator text cau Los Angeles Yarnell, Caystile & Mathes, printers 1881 monographic eng

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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). By Major Horace Bell. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. No known restrictions on publication. n-us-ca California, Southern Frontier and pioneer life California Ethnic groups California Law Political aspects California Mines and mineral resources California Business California F867 .B43 1881 rc 01000760 hdl:loc.rbc/calbk.103 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/calbk.103 No known restrictions on publication. DLC 830331 20260227111901.0 rc 01000760