Frank T Gilbert Illustrated history of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties : with California from 1513 to 1850. San Francisco: Fariss & Smith, 1882, 596 pgs. Contents Prefatory Index to illustrations Index to history of California from 1513 to 1850 Map Chapter I. Discovery of and failure to occupy California by Spain Chapter II. Occupation of lower California by the Jesuits Chapter III. Conquest of upper California by the Franciscans Chapter IV. Downfall of the missions Chapter V. Spanish military occupation Chapter VI. Fourteen of the twenty-four years that California was a Mexican territory Chapter VII. The last ten years that California was a Mexican territory Chapter VIII. The Bear-Flag War, and what led to it Chapter IX. The war commenced by the Bear-Flag Party ends in the conquest of California by the United States Chapter X. The Flores insurrection Chapter XI. California after the conquest, until admitted into the union as a state, in 1850 The great fur companies and their trapping expeditions to California Settlement of the Sacramento Valley The discovery of gold in California Back matter History of Plumas County Index to the history of Plumas County Index to biographies Plumas County History of Lassen County California Index to the History of Lassen County History of Sierra County California Index to the history of Sierra County