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William Wolfskill, 1798-1866 : frontier trapper to California ranchero / by Iris Higbie Wilson.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Engstrand, Iris Wilson, author.
- Series:
- Western frontiersmen series ; 12.
- Western frontiersmen series ; 12
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wolfskill, William, 1798-1866.
- Wolfskill, William.
- Frontier and pioneer life--California.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Ranchers.
- Trappers.
- California.
- Trappers--California--Biography.
- Ranchers--California--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schuyler, Robert L., 1947- (donor) (RBC copy)
- Physical Description:
- 268 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Glendale, California : The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1965.
- Contents:
- Pioneer origins
- On to Santa Fe
- Opening the Old Spanish Trail
- The mountain man settles down
- The Sacramento Valley
- Califonria Sangria
- Southern California in transition
- Pioneer legacy
- Inventory of Wolfskill's estate in Los Angeles County
- Inventory of Wolfskill's estate in San Bernardino County.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-251) and index.
- Local Notes:
- RBC copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2010 by Professor Robert L. Schuyler.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Engstrand, Iris Wilson. William Wolfskill, 1798-1866.
- OCLC:
- 3873103
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