. To California and back;. ^A^,. a certain manner born. He wears a contented mien,as if his Diogenes-tub and his imperceptible larderwere regal possessions, and he does not easily partwith dignity and self-respect. The existence of these descendants of the Con-querors side by side with the exponents of the newregime is one of the charms of Los Angeles, It hasothers in historic vein. After its first overland con-nection with the East, by way of the Santa Fe Trail,it rapidly took on the character of a wild border-town; the influx of adventurers and the stimulationof an unwonted commerce transfor
. To California and back;. ^A^,. a certain manner born. He wears a contented mien,as if his Diogenes-tub and his imperceptible larderwere regal possessions, and he does not easily partwith dignity and self-respect. The existence of these descendants of the Con-querors side by side with the exponents of the newregime is one of the charms of Los Angeles, It hasothers in historic vein. After its first overland con-nection with the East, by way of the Santa Fe Trail,it rapidly took on the character of a wild border-town; the influx of adventurers and the stimulationof an unwonted commerce transforming the Spanishidyl into a motley scene of remunerative trade, aban-doned carousal and desperate personal conflict. Itsromantic career of progress and amelioration to itspresent enviable estate is marked by monuments thatstill endure, Fremont the Pathfinder here first raisedthe stars and stripes in 1846, and his after-residenceas governor of the State is well preserved. AndWinfield Scott Hancock, as a young captain of thearmy,
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