Gordon Cumming, C. F. (Constance Frederica) 1837-1924 creator text stk Edinburgh London W. Blackwood and sons 1884 monographic eng

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viii p., 1 l., 384 p. front., plates, fold. map. 21 cm. Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming (1837-1924) was an Englishwoman who sailed from Tahiti to San Francisco in April 1878 and remained in California for five months. Granite crags (1884) is a volume of her travel letters detailing visits to San Rafael, the redwood forsets, the San Joaquín and Sacramento Valleys, Yosemite, Oakland, and Tulare Lake. She evinces great interest in hydraulic mining operations and quartz mining near Sonora and the Stanislaus River and gives special attention to the region's botany and agriculture as well as recounting tales of the Gold Rush and San Francisco in the lawless 1850s. by C.F. Gordon Cumming ... Travels in California. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. No known restrictions on publication. n-us-ca California Description and travel Yosemite Valley (Calif.) Law Political aspects California Mines and mineral resources California Agriculture California Business California F866 .G66 rc 01000849 hdl:loc.gdc/calbk.127 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.127 No known restrictions on publication. DLC 821217 20260227111901.0 rc 01000849