. The trans-Mississippi West (1803-1853) a history of its acquisition and settlement. n madenorth of the present city of Stockton. Settlers hadoccupied parts of Napa and Sonoma valleys for sev-eral years, and even farther west, near the ocean shore,home seekers had found a Some of these re-cently established settlements were to be deserted andothers were to be promoted by the events of 48 and of gold discovery.—Gold was discovered atColoma on the south fork of the American River onJanuary 24, 1848. During February other places inthe vicinity were found to contain the same pr
. The trans-Mississippi West (1803-1853) a history of its acquisition and settlement. n madenorth of the present city of Stockton. Settlers hadoccupied parts of Napa and Sonoma valleys for sev-eral years, and even farther west, near the ocean shore,home seekers had found a Some of these re-cently established settlements were to be deserted andothers were to be promoted by the events of 48 and of gold discovery.—Gold was discovered atColoma on the south fork of the American River onJanuary 24, 1848. During February other places inthe vicinity were found to contain the same preciousmaterial, and the news was dubiously received at Mon-terey. By the month of May all doubt was removed,and the people of San Francisco began to move to themines. A few weeks later Governor Masons soldiersbegan deserting. Larkin forwarded official news ofthe discovery on June 1, and this reached Washingtonabout the middle of September. A little later a second 86 For a detailed account of settlements in central and northern Califor-nia see Bancroft, California, VI. Chapter DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION WEST OT THE MISSISSIPPI -^1850 1_E GEND I &M 2-6 INHABITANTS PER SQUARE MILE II lilil 6-18 INHABITANTS PER SQUARE MILE III ^^18-45 INHABITANTS PER SQUARE MILEW ^3 45-90 INHABITANTS PER SQUARE MILE CITIESOVER 10,000 ® 5000 TO 10,000 O 2500 TO 5000 _£ I
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