| PAGE |
| In Memoriam | [v] |
| Introduction | [vii] |
| Foreword | [xi] |
| Preface | [xv] |
| | CHAPTER |
| | I. | —Childhood and Youth, 1834-1853 | [1] |
| | II. | —Westward, Ho! 1853 | [6] |
| | III. | —New York—Nicaragua—The Golden Gate, 1853 | [14] |
| | IV. | —First Adventures in Los Angeles, 1853 | [27] |
| | V. | —Lawyers and Courts, 1853 | [45] |
| | VI. | —Merchants and Shops, 1853 | [60] |
| | VII. | —In and near the Old Pueblo, 1853 | [80] |
| | VIII. | —Round about the Plaza, 1853-1854 | [97] |
| | IX. | —Familiar Home-Scenes, 1854 | [112] |
| | X. | —Early Social Life, 1854 | [128] |
| | XI. | —The Rush for Gold, 1855 | [146] |
| | XII. | —The Great Horse Race, 1855 | [157] |
| | XIII. | —Princely Rancho Domains, 1855 | [166] |
| | XIV. | —Orchards and Vineyards, 1856 | [189] |
| | XV. | —Sheriff Barton and the Bandidos, 1857 | [204] |
| | XVI. | —Marriage—The Butterfield Stages, 1858 | [220] |
| | XVII. | —Admission to Citizenship, 1859 | [240] |
| | XVIII. | —First Experience with the Telegraph, 1860 | [260] |
| | XIX. | —Steam-Wagon—Odd Characters, 1860 | [274] |
| | XX. | —The Rumblings of War, 1861 | [289] |
| | XXI. | —Hancock—Lady Franklin—The Deluge, 1861 | [299] |
| | XXII. | —Droughts—The Ada Hancock Disaster, 1862-1863 | [310] |
| | XXIII. | —Assassination of Lincoln, 1864-1865 | [328] |
| | XXIV. | —H. Newmark & Company—Carlisle-King Duel, 1865-1866 | [342] |
| | XXV. | —Removal to New York, and Return, 1867-1868 | [359] |
| | XXVI. | —The Cerro Gordo Mines, 1869 | [379] |
| | XXVII. | —Coming of the Iron Horse, 1869 | [393] |
| | XXVIII. | —The Last of the Vigilantes, 1870 | [408] |
| | XXIX. | —The Chinese Massacre, 1871 | [421] |
| | XXX. | —The Wool Craze, 1872-1873 | [437] |
| | XXXI. | —The End of Vasquez, 1874 | [452] |
| | XXXII. | —The Santa Anita Rancho, 1875 | [472] |
| | XXXIII. | —Los Angeles & Independence Railroad, 1876 | [485] |
| | XXXIV. | —The Southern Pacific, 1876 | [496] |
| | XXXV. | —The Revival of the Southland, 1877-1880 | [509] |
| | XXXVI. | —Centenary of the City—Electric Light, 1881-1884 | [525] |
| | XXXVII. | —Repetto and the Lawyers, 1885-1887 | [546] |
| | XXXVIII. | —The Great Boom, 1887 | [564] |
| | XXXIX. | —Proposed State Division, 1888-1891 | [588] |
| | XL. | —The First Fiestas, 1892-1897 | [602] |
| | XLI. | —The Southwest Archæological Society, 1898-1905 | [616] |
| | XLII. | —The San Francisco Earthquake, 1906-1910 | [633] |
| | XLIII. | —Retrospection, 1910-1913 | [641] |
| | | Index | [653] |