[Chapel, St. Catherine's Convent]

[The Cross at Donner Lake]

[General Vallejo's Carriage, Built in England in 1832]

[General Vallejo's Old Jail]

[Alder Creek]

[Dennison's Exchange and the Parker House, San Francisco]

[View in the Grounds of the Houghton Home in San Jose]

[The Houghton Residence in San Jose, California]

NOTE

I wish to express my appreciation of the courtesies and assistance kindly extended me by the following, in the preparation of the illustrations for this book: Mr. Lynwood Abbott, "Burr-McIntosh Magazine," Mr. J.A. Munk, donor of the Munk Library of Arizoniana to the Southwest Museum, Mr. Hector Alliot, Curator of the Southwest Museum, the officers and attendants of the Los Angeles Public Library, Miss Meta C. Stofen, City Librarian, Sonoma, Cal., Miss Elizabeth Benton Frémont, Mr. C.M. Hunt, Editor "Grizzly Bear," the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine's Convent at Benicia, Cal., and Mrs. C.C. Maynard.