. Ocean to ocean on horseback; being the story of a tour in the saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with especial reference to the early history and development of cities and towns along the route; and regions traversed beyond the Mississippi .. . assed forbidding this pastime on tiie Sabbath day. The news that California had been admitted as aState in the Union reached San Francisco on the morn-ing of October 18, 1850, when the Oregon entered theharbor, flying all her bunting, and signalling the goodnews. Business was suspended; courts were ad-journed ; and the whole population, frenzied
. Ocean to ocean on horseback; being the story of a tour in the saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with especial reference to the early history and development of cities and towns along the route; and regions traversed beyond the Mississippi .. . assed forbidding this pastime on tiie Sabbath day. The news that California had been admitted as aState in the Union reached San Francisco on the morn-ing of October 18, 1850, when the Oregon entered theharbor, flying all her bunting, and signalling the goodnews. Business was suspended; courts were ad-journed ; and the whole population, frenzied with de-light, congregated on Portsmouth Square to congratu-late each other. Newspapers containing the intelli-gence from Washington sold for five dollars each!The shipping in the harbor was gaily dressed withflags; guns boomed from the heights ; bonfires blazedat night; processions were formed ; bands j)layed ; andthe people in every way expressed their joy. Mount-ing his box behind six fiery mustangs laslied to highestspeed, the driver of Crandalls Stage cried the goodnews all the way to San Jos^—California is ad-mitted !! while a rins^ino; cheer was returned bv thepeople as the mail flew by. The awaking of San Francisco during the five or. CASCADE BY THE ROADSIDE. SAN FRANCrSCO AND END OF JOURNEY. 537 six years followiiicr the discovery of gold was won-derful. Hills were tuinhlcd into the hay, and mudflats were made solid i^round. Streets were graded,liandsorne huildings were erected, and San Franciscohegan to rank among the first cities of the land. Sovahiahle was her water-front that, in l(So3, four smallblocks on Commercial street sold for over 1,000,000dollars. The assessed valuation of property that yearwas about 10,000,000 dollars over that of the pre-vious year. The population was then estimated at about 50,000;that being about one-seventh of the then population ofthe State. The city had, at this time, 1856, seventeen fire com-panies, twelve military companies, and
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