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The last of the Mill Creeks and early life in northern California / by Sim Moak.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moak, Sim, 1845- author.
- Series:
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Frontier and pioneer life--California.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- California.
- Mill Creek Indians.
- Law--Political aspects--California.
- Law.
- Law--Political aspects.
- Mines and mineral resources--California.
- Mines and mineral resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (47 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : illustrations, portraits.
- Place of Publication:
- Chico, California : [publisher not identified], 1923.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Sim Moak (born 1845) left Albany, New York, to join his older brothers in California in 1863 and settled in the town of Chico. The last of the Mill Creeks (1923) offers Moak's anecdotes of California during the Civil War around Chico, with special attention to hostile relations with Native Americans, the status of Chinese immigrants, and incidents of crime and hangings through the 1870s.
- Notes:
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- OCLC:
- 612587837
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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