Mendocino County
History
History of Mendocino County California - Alley, Bowen & Co., San Francisco, 1880
CONTENTS
GENERAL HISTORY
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF CALIFORNIA 17
HISTORY OF MENDOCINO COUNTY 87
Derivation of Name - Topography - Geology - Springs - Timber - Soils - Water Courses - Climatography
MINES AND MINING 128
Mining Districts: Eel River - Potter Valley - Ukiah - Requa - Usal
Petroleum - Garcia - Pt. Arena - Copper Mines - Coal
Tabular Statement of Mills
BOUNDARIES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS 147
THE INDIANS OF MENDOCINO COUNTY 167
MEXICAN GRANTS 174
The Yokayo Grant - The Sanel Grant - The Grante del Norte, or Garcia Grant - The Albion Grant
THE GENERAL HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT OF MENDOCINO COUNTY 214
MENDOCINO COUNTY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION 250
STATISTICAL HISTORY OF MENDOCINO COUNTY
260
Real Estate and Per.Property - Personal Property - Agricultural
Products - Fruit Trees, etc. - Mendocino's Rich Men - Report of County Treasurer
- Mendocino's Schools - Census - Wool Interests - Future
THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF MENDOCINO COUNTY 269
The organization of the County
POLITICAL HISTORY OF MENDOCINO COUNTY 292
Tabular Statement of County - Officers
HOMICIDES OF MENDOCINO COUNTY 318
People vs.... George Dutton - John B. Hargrave - James Thornton - Fidello Wallace - T. J. Faught - Charles Bradually - Eli D. Hooper - George W. Strong - Silas E. Gaskill - Harrison Standley - Henry Fairbanks - Calvin Stewart - James Thornton - Elisha Cain - John Armstrong - Geo. W. Cleveland - John Coates - Robert M. Darr - Daniel & W. Lynch - E. Marks - Murder of Jerry Cain - Killing of John Rector - The Little Lake Vendetta - Murder of Mrs. G. W. Strong - Murder of Mrs. Reynolds and suicide of Joseph Caneza - Killing of James Clow - Murder of J. B. Owens - Murder of A. J. Shrum - Killing of William Mclnturf - Lynching of Indian Charley - Lynching at Little Lake - People vs. Harvey Mortier - People vs. Neils Hammerland - Killing of Frank Southard and Wilbur McCoy - Killing of M. W. Gardnier and Jacob H. Fitch - The Mendocino Outlaws
TOWNSHIP HISTORIES.
ANDERSON 357
Geography - Topography - Soil - Climate - Products - Timber - Early Settlement - Towns - Mills - Roads - The Future
ARENA 365
Geography - Topography - Soil - Climate - Products - Timber - Early Settlement - Gual al a
POINT ARENA 372
Business Directory - F. & A. M - I. O. O. F.- I. O. G. T. - H. & L. Co. - Presbyterian Church - Methodist Church - Tannery - Eagle Paper Mill - Brewery - Point Arena News
MANCHESTER 380
Landing and Chutes - Mills - Schooners Built - Shipwrecks - Seals - Light-house
BIG RIVER 389
Geography - Topography - Streams - Soil - Climate - Products - Timber - Early Settlement
BRIDGEPORT - CUFFEY'S COVE - NEVARRA - SALMON CREEK - ALBION - LITTLE RIVER 404
MENDOCINO CITY 409
Bank of Mendocino - Mendocino Discount Bank - Newspaper - I. O. O. F. - A. O. U W - F. & A. M. - Churches - Mendocino Brewery
PINE GROVE - CASPAR - NOYO 417
Albion Grant - Chutes, Wharves and Booms - Roads and Bridges - The Mendocino Reservation
FORT BRAGG 428
Saw-mills - Railroads - Ship-building - Shipwrecks
CALPELLA 441
Geography - Topography - Soil - Climate - Products - Timber - Early Settlement
POMO
CENTERVILLE 445
Mills - Mines and Mining - Roads
LITTLE LAKE 448
Geography - Topography - Soil - Climate - Products - Timber - Early Settlement
WILLITSVILLE 454
LAYTONVILLE 455
CAHTO 456
Little Lake Tannery - Mills - Mud Springs - Mendo. Agricultural Ass'n
ROUND VALLEY 458
Geography - Topography - Soil - Climate - Products - Timber - Early Settlement
COVELO 460
Round Val. Indian Reserv'n
SANEL 463
Geography - Togography - Soil - Products - Climate - Timber - Early Settlement
HOPLAND 465
Mills - Indians - Legend of "Lover's Leap."
TEN-MILE RIVER 469
Geography - Topography - Soil - Products - Climate - Timber - Early Settlement
NEWPORT 470
KIBESILLAH 470
WESTPORT 470
USAL 470
UKIAH 472
Geography - Topography - Soil - Products - Climate - Timber - Early Settlement
Yearly Resume - City Ordinances - City Expenditure - Bank of Santa Rosa - Bank of Ukiah - I. O. O. F. - I. O. O. F. Encampment - F. A. M - R. A.M. - I. O. G. T. - A. O. U. W. - Eagle Fire Co. - Baptist Church - M. E. Church South - Christian Church - Presbyterian Church - M. E. Church - Catholic Church
NEWSPAPERS 501
The Herald - The Constitutional Democrat - The Democratic Weekly - Dispatch - The Ukiah City Press - The Mendocino Co. Democrat
Ukiah City Mills - CC Water Works - Maxim Gas Works - Ukiah Brewery - Ukiah City Schools - Ukiah Business Directory - Ukiah Professional Directory - The Future - Saw Mills - Flour Mills
A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California - Chicago, Lewis Publ. Co., 1891