Speech (?) honoring memory of John Jordan and other Texas-California pioneers : Tulare, Calif. : ms., 1921 Apr. 20.

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Speech (?) honoring memory of John Jordan and other Texas-California pioneers : Tulare, Calif. : ms., 1921 Apr. 20.

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Primarily an account of hardships encountered by Jordan, leader of a wagon train crossing from Red River, Texas to San Bernardino Co., Calif. via the Beals route, Feb. - Aug. 1850. Biographical data on Jordan and information about life in California also included.

8 leaves ; 33 cm.

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Jordan, John, 1807-1862.

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Farquhar was born on Dec. 31, 1887 in Newton, MA; AB, Harvard Univ., 1909; became public accountant in Boston and San Francisco, 1909-59; also served as an accountant with the US National Park Service, 1922-25; president of the California Academy of Sciences, and California Historical Society; president of the Sierra Club, and editor of the Bulletin, 1926-46; president, California State Board of Accountancy, 1953-54; recipient of the John Muir award for conservation, 1965; made expeditions to Mt...

Thomas, F. A.

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