TY - BOOK AU - Harlan,Jacob Wright TI - California '46 to '88 AV - F864 .H28 PY - 1888/// CY - San Francisco PB - The Bancroft company KW - Overland journeys to the Pacific KW - Donner party KW - Urbanization KW - California KW - Real estate development KW - Mines and mineral resources KW - Agriculture KW - Business KW - History KW - Social life and customs N1 - The writer crossed the plains in 1846, part of the way with the Donner party; Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site N2 - Jacob Wright Harlan (b. 1828) grew up in Indiana and moved to Michigan where he joined an uncle who organized a wagon train to California in 1845. California '46 to '88 (1888) contains Harlan's memories of his overland journey to California in 1846, acquaintance with rescuers and survivors of the Reid and Donner Parties, Frémont's battalion in 1846-1847, San Francisco milk and livery businesses, storekeeping in gold camps near Coloma and Sonora, farming and ranching in and near San José, San Joaquín Valley, Alameda, and Choloma Valley. He then recalls his second overland trip to California, 1853, as part of cattle drive and real estate development in San Leandro UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.061 ER -