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Includes information on Juan Bautista Anza, Jr., Apache Indians, Architecture, pearls and pearl fishing, Concepcion Arguello, cattle and cattle raising, Chinese, furs and fur trade, discovery of gold, Alexander Baranof, California Indians, lynch law, mines and mining, missions, Poney Express, presidios, construction of the transcontinental railroad, Russia and the Russians, Russian American Fur Company, Nikolai Rezanof, etc.