The West of the West: Perspectives on California State History

Introduction   
        The Naming of California 
        A Timeline of the California Past 
        The Land and Geography 
        Natives, Early Europeans, and the Land 
        John Muir and the Sierra Nevada Mountains 
        A First American Description of California During the Gold Rush 
        The Gold Rush 
        California Agriculture: Real and Imagined 
        "White Gold:" The Owens Valley Aqueduct 
        The Battle over Mono Lake 
        "Roughing It" at Mono Lake 
        Upton Sinclair and the 1934 Governor's Race 
        The Internment of Japanese in California: Manzanar Camp, 1942 - 1945 
        Portrait of California, 1965 
        Portrait of Los Angeles, 1965 
        A Statistical Profile: California's Current Population
          with Trends and Comparisons to the United States 
        Quips, Quotes, and Facts on California 
        An Essay Assignment: A Major Theme of California 
        Maps