Land in California: The Story of Mission Lands, Ranchos, Squatters, Mining Claims, Railroad Grants, Land Scrip, Homesteads Paperback - 1979
by W. W. Robinson
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THE STORY OF California can be told in terms of its land.
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"A writer of great warmth and skill . . . Robinson has taken the complicated business of land titles and, without generalizing or avoiding statistics, he has done the unbelievable--made a story any reader will be unable to put down. Here are the original owners, who had no land titles except those from the Great Spirit; the mission priests and their overseeing of Indian lands; the presidios and pueblos; the great Spanish and Mexican land grants and how they were torn away from the dons piecemeal by loan sharks, squatters. Here came thieves and adventurers (with a few notable exceptions, such as Don Abel Stearns, the Yankee was a highwayman) swarming the pastoral lands; mining claims and railroad grants; homesteads; tidelands; and, in quite recent years, the renewed effort at showing the land grants to be worthless. . . . Here, too, are personal stories of men and women engaged in that vast struggle, often bloody and violent."--Los Angeles Times "A scholarly and thorough treatment . . . Land in California merits serious consideration. W.W. Robinson [was] vice president of Title Insurance and Trust Co., Los Angeles, and his professional interest in land and its ownership has led to a comprehensive study of California properties from the Spanish grants to the sharply-criticized decision of the United States Supreme Court on the 'marginal lands' along the coast. Students of California history will find much of absorbing interest in Mr. Robinson's book. . . . A valuable contribution to Californiana and will be read carefully by everyone who is interested in the state and its development."--New York Times
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- Title Land in California: The Story of Mission Lands, Ranchos, Squatters, Mining Claims, Railroad Grants, Land Scrip, Homesteads
- Author W. W. Robinson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Thus
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 1979-08-20
- ISBN 9780520038752 / 0520038754
- Weight 0.78 lbs (0.35 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.43 x 0.68 in (21.59 x 13.79 x 1.73 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: California
- Dewey Decimal Code 333.009
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