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California Cities and Towns: M-R

Compiled by Dan Mosier

Madera

Clough, Charles W. "Madera." Fresno, CA: Valley Publishers, 1968.

Sierra Vista Historians. "History of Madera." Madera, CA: Classroom Chronicles Press, 1998?

Malibu

Basten, Fred E. "Santa Monica Bay - The First 100 Years - A Pictorial History of Santa Monica, Venice, Ocean Park, Pacific Palisades, Topanga, & Malibu." 1st ed. Los Angeles, CA: Douglas-West Publishers, 1974.

Mammoth

Reed, Adele. "Old Mammoth." Palo Alto, CA: Genny Smith Books, 1982.

Mammoth Lakes

Reed, Adele. "Mammoth Lakes Memories." Bishop, CA: Chalfant Press, 1971.

Manhattan Beach

Dennis, Jan. "A Walk Beside the Sea - A History of Manhattan Beach." Manhattan Beach, CA: Janstan Studio, 1987.

Dow, Frances. "Manhattan Beach Yesterdays - Personal Recollections." Jud Grenier, editor. Manhattan Beach, CA: City of Manhattan Beach Historical Committee, 1976?

Grenier, Judson. "A Capsule History of Manhattan Beach, 1912-1976." Manhattan Beach, CA: City of Manhattan Beach Historical Committee, 1975.

Manhattan Beach 50th Anniversary Committee. "Direction - 50 Years in the Right Direction, Manhattan Beach, California." Manhattan Beach, CA: Manhattan Beach 50th Anniversary Committee, 1962.

McCallister, Linda Chilton. "The Waterfront of Manhattan Beach - An Historical Sketch." Manhattan Beach, CA: Manhattan Beach Historical Committee, 1978?

Manteca

Stockton Savings and Loan Association. "Manteca Memories; Photographic Recollections of the Manteca Area." Manteca, CA: Stockton Savings and Loan Association, 1972?

Thompson, Evelyn Prouty. "Manteca, Selected Chapters From Its History." Manteca, CA: Manteca Bulletin, 1980.

Mariposa

Campbell, Marguerite and Staff. "Mariposa Gazette, 1854-1979, Commemorating 125 Years of Continuous Publication." Mariposa, CA: Mariposa Gazette, 1979.

Goucher, Marian Jones. "Mariposa Memories, Recollections of a Mother Lode Childhood, 1862-1880." Shirley Sargent, editor. Yosemite, CA: Flying Spur Press, 1974.

Marysville

Appeal Democrat. "80th Anniversary Edition, 1860-1940." Marysville, CA: Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, CA, 1940.

Desmond, Benilda, Sister. "History of the City of Marysville, California, 1852-1859." Washington: Thesis typescript, Catholic University of America, 1962.

Financial Savings and Loan Association. "Marysville - An Historical Sampler." Marysville, CA: Financial Savings and Loan Association, 198-?.

Ramey, Earl. "The Beginnings of Marysville." San Francisco, CA: California Historical Society, Special Publication no. 12, 1936.

Maxwell

Johnson, Wilmeth M., editor. "The Town of Maxwell From the Beginning, 1878, to the Present." Maxwell centennial, 1878-1978. Willows, CA: DeGaa Press, 1981.

Mayfield

Golobic, Robert. "Mayfield: Its Development and the Annexation." Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University student manuscript in Palo Alto Historical Association files, 1957.

McCloud

Brydon, Ruth Vickery. "Westwood, California: A Company Town in Comparative Perspective, 1900-1930." Chico, CA: ANCRR, 1995.

Hillyard, Kay. "A Pageant of McCloud; The Dramatic History of a Lumber Town." McCloud, CA:, Woman's Club of McCloud, 1940.

McKittrick Ranch

Collins, Calhoun. "The McKittrick Ranch." Bakersfield, CA: Kern County Historical Society; Kern County Museum, 1958.

Meadow Lake

Fatout, Paul. "Meadow Lake Gold Town." Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1969.

Mendocino

Baker, Byrd. "Mendocino: Past and Present." David Landsman, editor. Mendocino, CA: Pacific Rim Research, 1977.

Bear, Dorothy. Thirty Historic Buildings and Sites Along the Streets of Mendocino." Mendocino, CA: Dorothy Bear and Beth Stebbins, 1970.

Jackson, W. Francis. "Mendocino City, A Daily Journal, 1852-1938." Mendocino, CA: Mendocino Historical Research, Inc., 1987.

Landsman, David, editor. "Mendocino Past and Present." Mendocino, CA: Pacific Rim Research, 1977.

Sverko, Eleanor. "Early Portuguese Families of Mendocino." Mendocino, CA: Eleanor Sverko, 1995.

Martinez

Perry, Charlene, Kraintz, A. Paul, and Collins, Katherine Davi. "Martinez, A California Town." Martinez, CA: RSI Publications, 1986.

Melones

Costello, Julia G. "Melones: A Story of a Stanislaus River Town." Prepared for U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region. Sacramento, CA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, 1983.

Costello, Julia G. "Melones: A Story of a Stanislaus River Town." Prepared by Julia G. Costello, January 1983 for U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, Sacramento, California. 2nd ed. San Andreas, CA: Calaveras Heritage Council, 1986.

Menlo Park

Cleese, John I. "Tales of Old Menlo." Menlo Park, CA: Menlo Park Historical Association, 1994.

Hopkins, Martha B. "A Partial and Unofficial History of Menlo Park." Menlo Park, CA, 1975.

Kreuz, Charmayne. "A Tradition of New Horizons; The Story of Menlo Park Commenorating Its 1874 Incorporation." Menlo Park, CA: City of Menlo Park, 1974.

Michillinda

Forbes, James B. "The Story of Michillinda, A City Suburban." Los Angeles, CA, 1912.

Milford

Wemple, Claude C. "Memories of a Rancher From the Land of the Never Sweats: Milford, Lassen County, California: Neighbors, Family, Horses, Cattle, Dogs, and Reactions, 1899 to 1952." Talent, OR: Bornet Books, 1992.

Mill Valley

Spitz, Barry. "Mill Valley - The Early Years." 1st ed. Mill Valley, CA: Potrero Meadow, 1997.

Milpitas

Loomis, Patricia. "Milpitas - The Century of Little Cornfields, 1852-1952." 1st ed. Cupertino, CA: California History Center, 1986.

Mineral

Brown, Talena. "A History of the Mineral Area." Unpublished manuscript. U.S. History, Mr. Osborne, May 30, 1972.

Mineral King

Jackson, Louise A. Beulah. "A Biography of the Mineral King Valley of California." Tucson, AZ: Westernlore Press, 1988.

Porter, Samuel Thomas. "The Silver Rush At Mineral King, California, 1873-1882." 3rd ed. Visalia, CA: S.T. Porter, 1966.

Mission San Jose (Fremont)

Holmes, Philip. "Two Centuries at Mission San Jose 1797-1997." Fremont, CA, 1997.

Modesto

Maino, Jeanette Gould. "One Hundred Years." Modesto, CA: Belt Printing and Lithography Co., 1970.

Mojave

Settle, Glen. "A Along the Rails From Lancaster to Mojave." Lancaster, CA: Kern-Antelope Historical Society, 1967.

Mokelumne Hill

Epstein, Richard F. "Old Mok, The Story of a Gold Camp." San Francisco, CA: Dry Bones Press, 1995.

Joy, Emmett P. "The Annals of Mokelumne Hill, The Story of a Veritable Gold Mountain." Murphys, CA: Old Timers Museum, 1975.

Joy, Emmett P. "Big Bar History, Mokelumne River, Amador Calaveras Counties, California." CA, 1963.

Joy, Emmett P. "French Hill: French Hill in Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, California [and] The French Hill Mining Episode of 1851 and Description of the Mining Channel." CA, 1962.

Starling, Lirrel. "Chronicles III of Mokelumne Hill." 1st ed. Las Vegas, NV: Byzantine Press, 1983.

Starling, Lirrel. "Chronicles of Mokelumne Hill." 1st ed. Las Vegas, NV: Byzantine Press, 1978.

Zumwalt, Eve Starcevich. "The Romance of Mokelumne Hill, A Pageant of History - An Extension of the Narration for Mokelumne Hill Outdoor Pageant California Centennial Celebration, July 3, 1948." 1st ed. Mokelumne Hill, CA: Romance of Mokelumne Hill, 1990.

Waldon, Marion. "The Mokelumne Hill Album." Mokelumne Hill, CA: Bakery Press, 1981.

Monrovia

Davis, Charles R., editor. "History of Monrovia and Duarte." Monrovia, CA: Arthur H. Cawston, 1938.

Davis, Charles F. and Davis, Ellavera Nelson. "Monorovia-Duarte Community Book. Monrovia, CA: A. H. Cawston, 1957.

Davis, Charles F. "The Monrovia Blue Book; A Historical and Biographical Record of Monrovia and Duarte." Monrovia, CA: A. H. Cawston, 1943.

Robinson, William W. "Monrovia, A Calender of Events In the Making of a City." Los Angeles, CA: Title Guarantee and Trust Co., 1942.

Title Guarantee and Trust Company, Los Angeles. "Monrovia, A Calendar of Events in the Making of a City." Los Angeles, CA: Title Guarantee and Trust Company, 1936.

Wiley, John L. "History of Monrovia." Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Star-News, 1927.

Montara

VanderWerf, Barbara. "Montara Mountain: San Pedro Valley County Park, McNee Ranch State Park, Devil's Slide, Trails, Plants, Animals, Historical Lore, San Mateo County Coast." El Granada, CA: Gum Tree Lane Books, 1994.

Monte Rio

Guerneville Times. "Issue of June 1964 - Souvenir Edition." Guerneville, CA: Guerneville Times, 1964.

Montecito

Southworth, J. R. "Santa Barbara and Montecito - Past and Present." Santa Barbara, CA: Oreña Studios, 1920.

Monte Sereno

Bennett, Mardi, Editor. "Images of Long Ago - A Century of People, Places and Progress in the Town of Los Gatos and the Cities of Saratoga and Monte Sereno." Los Gatos, CA: Marben Associates, 1987.

Monterey

Andresen, Anna Geil. "Historic Landmarks of Monterey, California." Salinas, CA: A.G. Andresen, 1917.

Brown, Wallace Clarence. "Historic Monterey and Surroundings." Special Souvenir Edition. Monterey, CA: Monterey Cypress, 1899.

Culleton, James. "Indians and Pioneers of Old Monterey." Fresno, CA: Academy of California Church History, 1950.

Elstob, Winston. "Chinatown, a Legend of Old Cannery Row." Orinda, CA: Condor's Sky Press, 1965.

Fink, Augusta. "Monterey: The Presence of the Past." San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1972.

Ford, Tirey L. "Dawn and the Dons - The Romance of Monterey." San Francisco, CA: A.M. Robertson, 1926.

Hemp, Michael Kenneth. "Cannery Row, The History of Old Ocean View Avenue." Monterey, CA: The History Company, 1986.

"History of the Joint Anniversary Celebration at Monterey, Cal. of the 110th Anniversary of American independence and the 40th anniversary of the Taking Possession of California and the Raising of the American Flag at Monterey by Commodore John D. Sloat of the U.S. Navy, July 7, 1846, the Celebration Being Held Monday, July 5, 1886." San Francisco, CA: Fraternal Publishing Company, 1886?

Hicks, John, and Hick, Regina. "Monterey, a Pictorial History." Carmel, CA: Creative Books, 1973.

Howard, Donald M. "Bastions by the Bay - New Documentation on the Royal Presidio of Monterey." Antiquities Research Publications, Carmel, CA. Monterey, CA: Angel Press, 1981.

Inkersley, Arthur. "Monterey, the First Capital of California." CA: Arthur Inkersley, no date.

Jochmus, Augustus Carlos. "The City of Monterey; Its People, Anecdotes, Legends, Romances, Achievements, 1542-1924." Pacific Grove, CA: A.C. Jochmus, 1925.

Jochmus, Augustus Carlos. "Monterey, All of It Between Two Covers, 1542-1930." Pacific Grove, CA, 1930.

Kimbro, Edna E. and Allen, Rebecca. "Historic Study of the Lower Presidio, Monterey." CA: California Mission Studies Association, 2000.

Know, Maxine, and Rodriquez, Mary. "Steinbeck's Street: Cannery Row." San Raphael, CA: Presidio Press, 1980.

Larkin, Thomas Oliver. "The Affair at Monterey, October 20 & 21, 1842, As Reported By Thomas O. Larkin." Los Angeles, CA: Zamorano Club, 1964.

MacFarland, Grace. "Monterey, Cradle of California's Romance - The Story of a Lost Port that was Found Again and a Dream that Came True." Monterey, CA: Press of Weybret-Lee Co., 1914.

Mangelsdorf, Tom. "A history of Steinbeck's Cannery Row." Santa Cruz, CA: Western Tanager Press, 1986.

Maxwell, Richard T. "Visit to Monterey in 1842." Los Angeles, CA: G. Dawson, 1955.

Monterey Peninsula Herald. "United States Flag Raising Centennial at Monterey, July 4-7, 1946." Centennial edition. Monterey, CA: Monterey Peninsula Herald, 1946.

National Association of Veterans of the Mexican War. "History of the Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Taking Possession of California and Raising of the American Flag at Monterey, Cal., by Commodore John Drake Sloat, U.S.N., July 7th, 1846." Held under the auspices of the Associated Veterans of the Mexican War. Oakland, CA: Carruth & Carruth, printers, 1896.

Oliver, Joseph Kurtz. "Views and Legends of Monterey and Surroundings." San Francisco, CA: Murdoch Press, 1907.

Powers, Laura Bride. "Old Monterey." San Francisco, CA: San Carlos Press, 1934.

Reese, Robert W. "A Brief History of Old Monterey." Monterey, CA: Monterey City Planning Commission, 1969.

Van Nostrand, Jeanne Skinner. "A Pictorial and Narrative History of Monterey, Adobe Capital of California, 1770-1847." San Francisco, CA: California Historical Society, 1968.

Van Nostrand, Jeanne. "Monterey: Adobe Capital of California, 1770-1847." San Francisco, CA: California Historical Society, 1969.

Walton, John. "Storied Land - Community and Memory in Monterey." Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2001.

Wright, Agnes Elodie. "The Beginnings of Monterey, 1542-1785." Berkeley, CA: University of California M.A. Thesis, 1931.

Monterey Park

Northrup, William Moulton. "Alhambra (San Gabriel-Monterey Park) Community Book." Alhambra, CA: A. H. Cawston, 1949.

Moorpark

Gunter, Norma. "A Diamond for Moorpark, 1900-1975." Moorpark, CA: Moorpark Chamber of Commerce, 1974.

Gunter, Norma. "The Moorpark Story." Moorpark, CA: Moorpark Chamber of Commerce, 1969.

Moraga

Moraga Historical Society. "Historical Notes of Moraga." Moraga, CA: The Moraga Historical Society, 1967.

Moraga Historical Society. "Rancho Moraga - Historical Notes." Moraga, CA: Moraga Historical Society, 1974?

Morgan Hill

Sepeda, Dolores DeMoro. "Hills West of El Toro - A story about the Uvas Canyon." 2nd ed. rev. CA, 1983.

Morongo Valley

Crotsenburg, Maxine. "Gateway to the Hi-Desert; A History of Morongo Valley." CA: Maxine Crotsenburg, manuscript, 195-?

Morro Bay

Gates, Dorothy L. and Bailey, Jane H. "Morro Bay's Yesterdays - Vignettes of Our City's Lives & Times." Morro Bay, CA: El Moro Publications, 1982.

Mountain View

Bubb, John B. "The Emigration to California and the Early Development of the Mountain View Area." An address by John B. Bubb before the Mountain View, California Pioneer Society, Feb. 5, 1967. Mountain View, CA: Mountain View Historical Society, 1968.

Mountain View Historical Society. "Old Mountain View, 1850-1880." Moundtain View, CA: Mountain View Pioneer and Historical Association, 1977.

Mt. Eden

Sandoval, John S. "Mt. Eden Cradle of the Salt Industry in California." Hayward, CA: Mt. Eden Historical Publishers, 1988.

Murphys

Castro, Kenneth M., and Castro, Doris. "Murphys, California: Short History and Guide." Murphys, CA: Kenneth M. Castro, 1972.

Kaler, Elizabeth. "Untold Tales of Murphys." Murphys, CA: Old Timers Museum, 1975.

Wood, Richard Coke. "Murphys, Queen of the Sierra." Angel Camp, CA: Calaveras Californian, 1948.

Wood, R. Coke. "Murphys Diggins or A Night At Wingdam and Other Short Stories." 2nd printing. Stockton, CA: Simard Printing Co., 1969.

Murrieta

Boyce, Mary Alice Rail. "Murrieta, Old Town, New Town - A Community History." Murrieta, CA: Rosemar Pub. Co., 1995.

Garrison, Arlean V. "My Children's Home - A History of Murrieta, California." Murrieta, CA: A.V. Garrison, 1963.

Parker, Horace. "The First Sixty Years Guenther's Murrieta Hot Springs." Balboa Island, CA: Paisano Press, 1961

National City

Mizony, Paul T. "A Few of the Highlights of Early Day History of National City, California." National City, CA: P.T. Mizony, 1964

Phillips, Irene Ladd. "National City, Pioneer Town." National City, CA: South Bay Press, 1960.

Trook, Leslie. "National City - Kimball's Dream." 1st ed. National City, CA: National City Chamber of Commerce and City of National City, 1992.

Nevada City

Calhoon, F.D. "A Self-Guided Tour of the Grass Valley-Nevada City Mine Sites." Lancaster, CA: Town Crier Publishing House, 1973.

Davis, H.P. "Gold Rush Days In Nevada City." Nevada City, CA: Berliner and McGinnis, 1948.

Mann, Ralph. "After the Gold Rush: Society in Grass Valley and Nevada City, California, 1849-1870." Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1982.

Morley, Jim. "Gold Cities, Grass Valley and Nevada City: Being a History and Guide to the Adventuresome Past of Two Picturesque Cities of the California Gold Country." Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1965.

Smith, Paul B. "Highway Planning in California's Mother Lode: The Changing Townscape of Auburn and Nevada City." California History 59, 1980, p. 204-221.

Wyckoff, Robert M. "The Compleat Pedestrian's Partially Illustrated Guide to Greater Nevada City or Romping Around A Gold Rush Metropolis." 2nd Edition. Nevada City, CA: Nevada City Publishing Co., 1979.

National City

Mizony, Paul T. "A Few of the Highlights of Early Day History of National City, California, Written For Grade School Children." National City, CA: Paul T. Maxwell, 1964.

New Almaden

Johnson, Kenneth M. "The New Almaden Quicksiler Mine." Georgetown, CA: Talisman Press, 1963.

Lanyon, Milton and Bulmore, Laurence. "Cinnabar Hills, The Quicksilver Days of New Almaden." Los Gatos, CA: Village Printers, 1967.

Newark

Callow, Marjorie. "Newark of Yesterday." Fremont, CA: Mission Peak Heritage Foundation, 1980.

MacGregor, Bruce. "The Centennial History of Newark." Newark, CA: Newark Days Bi-Centennial Committee, 1976.

Newcastle

Davis, Leonard M. "Newcastle, Gem of the Foothills: A Pictorial History of Newcastle, Placer County, California From Its Formative Days to the Present." 1st ed. Newcastle, CA: Newcastle Community Association, 1993.

Newhall

Brunner, Mary Frances. "Newhall: A History and Description of Newhall, California." 7 volumes. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Public Library, 1940.

Newman

"Newman Diamond Jubilee, 1888-1963." Modesto, CA: Committee for the Newman Jubilee Book, Belt Printing and, Lithograph Co., 1963.

Newport Beach

Castle, Ramona Duarte. "Old Newport, the Seaport Years - Childhood Reminiscences of Ramona Duarte Castle." Newport Beach, CA: Newport Harbor Civic League, 1970.

Lee, Ellen K. "Newport Bay, a Pioneer History." Fullerton, CA: Sultana Press, 1973.

Meyer, Samuel A. "50 Golden Years; A History of the City of Newport Beach, 1906-1956." Newport Beach, CA: Newport Harbor Publishing Co., 1957.

Sherman, H. L. "An History of Newport Beach." Newport Beach, CA: The city of Newport Beach and Newport Harbor Chamber of Commerce, 1931.

Sherman, H.L. "History of Newport Beach." Los Angeles, CA: Times-Mirror, 1931.

Smith, Gail Vinje and Allen, William A. "The Picture History of Balboa Island, 1906-1981 - A Celebration of the Diamond Jubilee." Newport Beach, CA: Balboa Island Heritage and Galliard Press, 1981.

North Bloomfield

Jackson, W. Turrentine. "Report on the Malakoff Mine, the North Bloomfield Mining District, and the Town of North Bloomfield." Sacramento, CA: Division of Beaches and Parks, Dept. of Parks and Recreation, 1967.

North San Juan

White, Edith and Wolfe, Linnie Marsh. "Memories of Pioneer Childhood and Youth in French Corral and North San Juan, Nevada County, California." With a brief narrative of later life, told by Edith White, emigrant of 1859, to Linnie Marsh Wolfe. Unpublished, 1936.

Nortonville

Ballard, Margaret. History of Coal Mining in the Mount Diablo Region, 1859-1885. Berkeley, CA: University of California M.A. History Thesis, 1931.

Norwalk

Kahanek, Richard L. "A History of Norwalk, Los Angeles County, California." Norwalk, CA: Richard L. Kahanek, 1968.

Norwalk, Calif. Chamber of Commerce. "Norwalk, California." Los Angeles, CA: Crawley-Seipp Publications, 1965?

Novato

American Revolution Bicentennial. "Novato, California, Bicentennial Showcase, 1776-1976." CA, 1976.

Noyo

Stebbins, Beth. "The Noyo: Being an Account of History at the Mouth of the Noyo River, on the Mendocino County Coast of California, From 1852 Into 1920 and a Little Beyond." Mendocino, CA: Bear and Stebbins, 1986.

Oak Glen

Condit, Ida. "A Chicken, a Saddle, Eight Dollars and a Jug of Whiskey - A History of Some Early Families at Oak Glen." Richard A. McNeal, editor. Redlands, CA: Arthur Commercial Press, 1981.

Oakdale

Brennan, Florabel. "Along the Stanislaus: 1806-1906." Oakdale, CA, 1956.

Oakdale Leader. "Special Centennial Issue - The First Hundred Years." v. 88, no. 27, May 27, 1971. Oakdale, CA: Oakdale Leader, 1971.

Oakland

Adams, Edson F. "Oakland's Early History." Oakland, CA: Tribune Publishing Co., 1932.

Bagwell, Beth. "Oakland: The Story of a City." Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1982.

Beckman, Roy C. "The Romance of Oakland; A story of the Growth and Development of Oakland and Alameda County." Oakland, CA: Landis and Kelsey, 1932.

Central Bank. "The Gay Nineties in Oakland." Oakland, CA: Central Bank, 1941.

Conmy, Peter T. "The Beginnings of Oakland, California, A.U.C." Oakland, CA: Oakland Public Library, 1961.

Cummings, George Alfred, and Pladwell, E.S. "Oakland, A History." Oakland, CA: Tribune Press, 1942.

Pacific Press Publishing House. "Album of Oakland, California." Oakland, CA: Pacific Press Publishing House, 1893.

Hinkel, Edgar J., and McCann, William E., editors. "Oakland, 1852-1938; Some Phases of the Social, Political and Economic History of Oakland, California." Oakland, CA: U.S. Works Progress Administration, 1939.

Madison, Elizabeth. "Oakland, A Great Port By Destiny: Hispanic Pastoral Period." Oakland, CA: Oakland Public Schools,1943.

Studer, Jack J. "The First Map of Oakland, California: An Historical Speculation as Solution to an Enigma." California Historical Society Quarterly 48, 1969, p. 59-72.

Weber, David. "Oakland: Hub of the West." Tulsa, OK: Continental Heritage Press, 1981.

Ocean Park

Basten, Fred E. "Santa Monica Bay - The First 100 Years - A Pictorial History of Santa Monica, Venice, Ocean Park, Pacific Palisades, Topanga, & Malibu." 1st ed. Los Angeles, CA: Douglas-West Publishers, 1974.

Oceanside

Frazee, William D. "Oceanside, the Gate-Way City of All San Diego County." San Diego, CA: Gould and Hutton, 1888.

Sully, Langdon. "Oceanside - Crest of the Wave." Northridge, CA: Windsor Publications, 1988.

Oceano

Hammond, Norm. "The Dunites." Arroyo Grande, CA: South County Historical Society, 1992.

Ojai

Fry, Patricia L. "The Ojai Valley - An Illustrated History." 2nd ed. Ojai, CA: Matilija Press, 1999.

Olinda

Beko, Ken and others. "Pipelines to the Past: An Oral History of Olinda, California." Fullerton, CA: California State University, 1978.

Olivehurst

Smith, Louie A. "Reclamation, A History of the Linda-Olivehurst Area of California, 1850-1975." Marysville, CA: L. A. Smith, 1975.

Ontario

Conley, Bernice Bedford. "Dreamers and Dwellers: Ontario and Neighbors." Ontario, CA: Stump Printing Services, 1982.

Ontario Bicentennial Commission. "A Bicentennial Salute - An Historical Review of Ontario, California and Our Nation, 1776-1976." Ontario, CA: Ontario Bicentennial Commission, 1976.

Widney, Robert Maclay. "Ontario. Its History, Description, and Resources." Riverside, CA: Press and Horticulturist Steam Printing House 1884.

Orange

Brigandi, Philip. "A New Creation - The Incorporation of the City of Orange, 1888." 1st ed. Orange, CA: City of Orange Centennial Commission, 1988.

Westfall, Douglas Paul and McHarris, Steven G. "A Tour of Old Towne Orange - Founded in 1871." Orange, CA: Paragon Agency, 1999.

Orangevale

Laucher, Mary E. "History of Orangevale." CA: M.E. Laucher, 1962.

Orcutt

Nelson, Bob. "Old Town Orcutt, A Small California Oil Town Remembered." Orcutt, CA: Orcutt Historical Society, 1987.

Orinda

Sorrick, Muir. "The History of Orinda, Gateway to Contra Costa County." Orinda, CA: Orinda Library Board, Inc., Friends of the Orinda Library,1970 (reprint, Orinda, CA: Friends of the Orinda Library, 1987).

Orland

Russell, Gene H. "Orland's Colorful Past." Orland, CA: Orland Community Scholarship Association, 1977.

Russell, Gene H. "Orland's Colorful Place Names." Chico, CA: Association for Northern California Records and Research, 2000.

Wigmore, L.W. "The Story of the Land of Orland, A Century of Facts, Legend and Folklore of Orland, Glenn County, California, and Its Surrounding Fertile Acres Known As 'The land of Orland'." Orland, CA: Orland Register, 1955.

Pacheco

Loucks, Annie. "Early History of Pacheco, Contra Costa County, California." Martinez, CA: Contra Costa Develpment Association, 1939.

Pacific Grove

Davis, E. C. "Down the Piney Path, 1902-1904." Pacific Grove, CA: E.C. Davis, 1990.

Davis, E. C. "Down the Piney Path, 1905." Pacific Grove, CA: E.C. Davis, 2000.

Davis, E. C. "Down the Piney Path - News of Old Pacific Grove From the Monterey Daily Cypress, 1908." Pacific Grove, CA: E.C. Davis, no date.

Davis, E. C. "News from the Past." Pacific Grove, CA: E.C. Davis, 1981?

Dyke, Elmarie Hurlbert. "Pacific Grove, California - Butterly Town, U. S. A." Pacific Grove, CA, 1959?

Jochmus, Augustus Carlos. "Pacific Grove, California, and the Monterey Peninsula." Pacific Grove, CA: A.C. Jochmus, 1928.

McLane, Lucy Neely. "A Piney Paradise by Monterey Bay, Pacific Grove; the Documentary History of Her First Twenty-five Years, and a Glimpse of Her Adulthood." San Francisco, CA: L. Kennedy, 1952.

Miller, Evelyn Grantham. "Pacific Grove, California, the First 100 Years - A Glimpse of that Past that Shaped the City's Present." Evelyn Grantham Miller, Martha Pye Larson, Peter Rashin, editors. Pacific Grove, CA: The Pacific Grove Press, 1975.

Pacific Palisades

Basten, Fred E. "Santa Monica Bay - The First 100 Years - A Pictorial History of Santa Monica, Venice, Ocean Park, Pacific Palisades, Topanga, & Malibu." 1st ed. Los Angeles, CA: Douglas-West Publishers, 1974.

The Palisadian. "Community Progress Edition, 1922-1953." 25th Anniversary Edition. Pacific Palisades, CA: The Palisadian, v. 26, no. 5, May 29, 1953.

The Palisadian. "100 Years Observance of Our Community's Background." Centennial Edition, 1849-1949. Pacific Palisades, CA: The Palisadian, v. 22, no. 7, June 17, 1949.

Young, Betty Lou. "Pacific Palisades - Where the Mountains Meet the Sea." Pacific Palisades, CA: Pacific Palisades Historical Society Press, 1983.

Pacifica

Lafayette, Lenore. "Shelter Cove, The Early Years." Los Altos, CA: Cherry Orchard Books, 1997.

Pajaro

Clough, Charles W. "San Juan Bautista - The Town, the Mission and the Park." Bobbye Sisk Temple, editor. Fresno, CA: Word Dancer Press, 1996.

Paddon, William Locke-. "A Short History of the Beach of Pajaro and Vicinity." Watsonville, CA: Hare, Brewer and Kelley, 1964.

Mylar, Isaac L. "Early Days at the Mission San Juan Bautista." Watsonville, CA: Evening Pajaronian, 1929.

Mylar, Isaac L. "Early Days at the Mission San Juan Bautista." Fresno, CA: Valley Publishers in cooperation with San Juan Bautista Historical Society, 1970.

San Juan Bautista Historical Society. "Historic San Juan Bautista." San Juan Bautista, CA: San Juan Bautista Historical Society, 1967.

Palm Springs

Ainsworth, Katherine. "The McCallum Saga: The Story of the Founding of Palm Springs." Palm Springs, CA: Palm Springs Desert Museum, 1973.

Chase, Joseph Smeaton. "Our Araby: Palm Springs and the Garden of the Sun." New York, NY: J.J. Little and Ives Co., 1923.

Lloyd, Elwood. "Enchanted Sands." Los Angeles, CA: A.H. Steake, 1939.

Richards, Elizabeth W. "A Look Into Palm Springs' Past." Palm Springs, CA: Santa Fe Federal Savings and Loan Association, 1961?

Palmdale

Petchner, William C. "Romance and Drama In the Valley of Sunshine; Being a Story of Old Palmdale." Los Angeles, CA: Palmdale Fruitland Company, 1914.

Palo Alto

Coffman, Arthur. "An Illustrated History of Palo Alto." Palo Alto, CA: Lewis Osborne, 1969.

Cumming, Bruce C. "A History of the Palo Alto Police Department." Palo Alto Historical Association files, unpublished, 1990.

Gullard, Pamela, and Nancy Lund. "History of Palo Alto: The Early Years." San Francisco, CA: Scottwall Associates, 1989.

"Historic and Architectural Resources of the City of Palo Alto: Inventory and Report." Palo Alto, CA: City of Palo Alto, 1979 (revised 1986).

Smith, Frances Rand. "A History of Early Palo Alto: Rancho Rincnada del Arroyo de San Francisquito." Palo Alto Historical Association files, unpublished manuscript, 1937.

Winslow, Ward. "Pages From A Palo Alto Editor's Scrapbook." Palo Alto, CA: Ward Winslow Writing, 1994.

Winslow, Ward. "Palo Alto, A Centennial History." Palo Alto, CA: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993.

Wood, Dallas E., and Norris, James. "History of Palo Alto." Palo Alto, CA: A.H. Cawston, 1939.

"50 Years of Achievement, Palo Alto, Stanford, 1891-1941." Palo Alto, CA, 1941.

Palos Verdes Estates

Thacker, Mary Eva. "A History of Los Palos Verdes Rancho, 1542-1923." Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California, Thesis (M.A.), 1923.

Panamint

Koenig, George. "Panamint City, the California Comstock." Los Angeles, CA: The Westerners, Los Angeles Corral, Keepsake no. 27, 1988.

Paradise

"Tales of the Paradise Ridge." Paradise, CA: Paradise Fact and Folklore, v. 1, no. 1, June 1960.

Pasadena

Blair, William L., editor. "Pasadena Community Book." Pasadena, CA, 1943.

Carew, Harold David. "History of Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley, California." 3 volumes. Chicago, IL: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1930.

Chapin, Lon F. "Thirty Years In Pasadena, With An Historical Sketch of Previous Eras." 2 volumes. Los Angeles, CA: Southwest Publishing Co., 1924; Reprint, Los Angeles, CA: L.F. Chapin, 1929.

Clark, David L. "Los Angeles: A City Apart." Woodland Hills, CA: Windsor Publications, 1981.

Crocker, Donald W. "Within the Vale of Annandale: A Picture History of South Western Pasadena and Vicinity." Pasadena, CA, 1968.

Giddings, Jennie. "I Can Remember Early Pasadena." Los Angeles, CA, 1949.

Hopkins, Wade. "Pasadena and Pasadenans in Honor of Pasadena's Fifieth Birthday." Pasadena, CA, Hopkins-Smith Publishers, 1924.

Kyle, Evelyn Peters. "The Dreams of the Pioneers - A Brief History of the Early Days of Pasadena." Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Pioneer Association, Friends of the Pasadena Public Library, Pasadena Historical Society, 1982.

Lukens, Theodore Parker. "Pasadena, California, Illustrated and Described." Pasadena, CA: T.P. Lukens, and Oakland, CA: W.W. Elliott and Co., 1886.

Michelson, Maureen R. and Dressler, Michael R. "Pasadena, One Hundred Years." 1st ed. Pasadena, CA: NewSage Press, 1985.

Mountain View Mausoleum Association. "Pasadena Pioneer Pictorial; An Album of Early Day Pasadena and Environs." Altadena, CA: Mountain View Mausoleum Association, 1954?

Page, Henry Markham. "Pasadena: Its Early Years." Los Angeles, CA: L. L. Morrison, 1964.

Pasadena Savings and Loan Association. "Valley of the Hahamog-na; Pasadena Through Two Centuries." Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Savings and Loan Association, 1952.

Pinney, Joyce Y. "A Pasadena Chronology, 1769-1977 - Remembering When-Where." Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Public Library, 1978.

Reid, Hiram Alvin. "History of Pasadena, Comprising an Account of the Native Indian, the Early Spanish, the Mexican, the American, the Colony and the Incorporated City." Pasadena, CA: Pasadena History Co., 1895.

Robinson, William W. "Pasadena, A Calender of Events In the Making of a City." Los Angeles, CA: Title Guarantee and Trust Co., 1942.

Scheid, Ann. "Pasadena: Crown of the Valley." Northridge, CA: Windsor Publications, 1986.

Shoop, C.F. "Pasadena Community Book." Pasadena, CA: S.H. Cawston, 1955.

Title Guarantee and Trust Company, Los Angeles. "Pasadena." Los Angeles, CA: Title Guarantee and Trust Company, 1935.

Wood, John Windell. "Pasadena, California, Historical and Personal." Pasadena, CA: J.W. Wood, 1917.

Patchen

Young, John V. "Ghost Towns of the Santa Cruz Mountains." Santa Cruz, CA: Paper Vision Press, 1979.

Patterson

Patterson Irrigator. "Diamond Jubilee of Patterson, 1909-1984." Patterson Irrigator, May 31, 1984.

Penryn

Griffith, Enid S. "A Small Town Reaches Out; The Origin and Early History of Penryn, Placer Co., Calif." CA: E.S. Griffith, 1957.

Perris

Perris Valley Chamber of Commerce. "Historical Book of Memories Commemorating City of Perris Golden Anniversary and Diamond Anniversary of Perris' Townsite." Perris, CA: Perris Valley Chamber of Commerce, 1961.

Perris Valley Junior High School. "The Dedication of Pinacate - Historical Site Memories." Perris, CA: Perris Valley Junior High School, no date.

Petaluma

Argus - Courier. "A Proud Past, A Bright Future." Petaluma, CA: Argus-Courier, 1968.

Argus-Courier. "Centennial edition, 1855-1955." Petaluma, CA: Argus-Courier, 1955.

Heig, Adair. "History of Petaluma - A California River Town." 1st edition. Petaluma, CA: Scottwall Associates, 1982.

Herman, Audrey, Kruse, Denise McLaren, Virginia. "Petaluma Treasures." Santa Rosa, CA: Sonoma County Library, 1997.

Lowry, Thea Snyder. "Empty Shells - The story of Petaluma, America's Chicken City." Novato, CA: Manifold Press, 2000.

Petrolia

Mattole Union School. "The Book of Petrolia; Its History, Land and People." Petrolia, CA: Mattole Union School, 1962.

Pico Rivera

Pico Rivera History and Heritage Society. "Pico Rivera - Origin and Derivation of the Name." Pico Rivera, CA: Pico Rivera History and Heritage Society, v. 1, no. 1, 1972.

Piedmont

Pattiani, Evelyn Craig. "Queen of the Hills: The Story of Piedmont, a California City." 1954. Reprint, Oakland, CA: DiMaggio Publications, 1982.

Pinacate

Perris Valley Junior High School. "The Dedication of Pinacate - Historical Site Memories." Perris, CA: Perris Valley Junior High School, no date.

Pine Grove

O'Hara, Susan Pritchard and Pritchard, Margaret Brinzing. "There Once Was a Town Here: A History of Pine Grove on the Mendocino Coast." Willits, CA: Mendocino County Museum Grassroots History, Publication No. 16, 1997.

Pinole

Clark, Jessie Howe. "Historical Sketches - Recalling Early Times and People of the Pinole, California Area." Pinole, CA, 1979.

Fridell, Lee D. "The Story of Richmond, El Cerrito, San Pablo, Pinole, Hercules." Richmond, CA: Richmond Union High School District, 1954.

Pittsburg

Boysen, Sue. "Some Historical Highlights of the History of Pittsburg." Pittsburg, CA: Sue Boysen, 1964.

Pittsburg Historical Society. "History of Pittsburg, California, Then and Now - 1894-Black Diamond, California; Pittsburg, California-1962." Pittsburg, CA: Pittsburg Historical Society, 1962.

Placentia

Carpenter, Virginia L. "A Child's History of Placentia." Placentia, CA: Courier Press, 1969.

Carpenter, Virginia L. "A Child's History of Placentia." Revised edition. Santa Ana, CA: Friis-Pioneer Press, 1984.

Carpenter, Virginia L. "Placentia, A Pleasant Place." Santa Ana, CA: Friis-Pioneer Press, 1977.

Placerville

Crosley-Griffin, Mary. "Hangtown, Tales of Old Placerville." Universal City, CA: Crosley Books, 1994.

Schlappi, Jane and Ferguson, Marilyn. "A Walking Tour of Historic Placerville 1848-1874." Placerville, CA: The Heritage Association of El Dorado, 1973.

Winkler, Jack R. "Old Hangtown: a History of Placerville, California from 1848 though 1856." Placerville, CA: JRW Press, 2000.

Pleasant Hill

Brubaker, Isabelle Spencer. "1850-1950, 100 Years of Growth - A History of Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California." Walnut Creek?, CA, 1975.

Elder, Jeane. "Walnut Creek Learns the Alphabet - From Settlement to Suburbia, A History of Walnut Creek Through the Great Depression." 1st ed. Alamo, CA: Holmgangers/History Press, 1974.

Emanuels, George. "Walnut Creek - Arroyo de las Nueces." 1st ed. Walnut Creek, CA: Diablo Books, 1984.

Emanuels, George. "Ygnacio Valley, 1834-1970." Walnut Creek, CA: S. Emanuels, 1982.

Fredrickson, Vera-Mae. "Rossmoor, Walnut Creek - Tice Valley, 500 Years of Human History." Mary Otis Clark, editor. 3rd ed. Walnut Creek, CA: Clark, 1981.

The Walnut Kernel. "25th Anniversary Historical and Progress Edition." Walnut Creek, CA: The Walnut Kernel, 1957.

Walnut Creek Historical Society. "The Story of Walnut Creek and of Shadelands Ranch." Walnut Creek, CA: Walnut Creek Historical Society, no date.

Whitfield, Vallie Jo. "History of Pleasant Hill, California." Pleasant Hill, CA: Whitfield Books, 1988.

Pleasanton

Davis, Dorothy, editor. "A Pictorial History of Pleasanton." Pleasanton, CA: Pleasanton National Bicentennial Committee, 1976.

Doss, Ann. "Pleasanton." Pleasanton, CA: Amador-Livermore Valley Historical Society Museum, 1982.

Soito, Patricia. "A Hundred Years of Pleasanton, The Most Desperate Town of the West." San Francisco, CA: Phillips and Van Orden Co., 1949.

Point Reyes

Archaeological Consulting and Research Services, Inc. "Point Reyes Station - Archaeological and Historic Resource Survey." Novato, CA: North Marin County Water District, 1976.

Mason, Jack. "Point Reyes, The Solemn Land." Point Reyes Station, CA: DeWolfe Print., 1970.

Pomona

Marsh, Diann. "Pomona's Historical Legacy - A Guide To Historical Downtown Pomona." Pomona, CA: City of Pomona, Community Development Block Grant Dept., 1984.

Pomona Centennial Committee. "Pomona Centennial History." Pomona, CA: Pomona Centennial-Bicentennial Committee, 1976.

Robinson, William W. "Pomona, A Calender of Events in the Making of a City." Los Angeles, CA: Title Guarantee and Trust Co., 1936.

Title Guarantee and Trust Company, Los Angeles. "Pomona, A Calendar of Events In the Making of a City." Los Angeles, CA: Title Guarantee and Trust Company, 1936.

Pope Valley

Beales, John T. and Beales, Ruth Burckhalter. "Saga of the Rancho Locoallomi, Pope Valley, Napa County, California, and William Julian Pope and Maria Juliana Salazar Family, With Related Families of Barnett-Burton-Halterman-Kilburn- Mitchell-Dollarhide." Piedmont, CA, 1978.

Callizo, Joseph, and Smith, Robert R. "Pioneer Pope Valley Pictures - People Pictures of the Barnett-Coffield-Wallace-Halterman-Hardin Family Connections in Pope Valley, Napa County, California." The California Collaborators. CA, 1968.

Hardin, Y. M. "Early History of Pope Valley." CA, 1941.

Port Chicago

Pearson, Robert E. "No Share of Glory, The Untold Story of the Great Port Chicago Disaster of 1944 and the Historic Mutiny of 50 United States Navy Seamen Following the Tragedy." Pacific Palisades, CA: Challenge Inc., 1964.

Port Costa

Murdock, Dick. "Port Costa, 1879-1941: A Saga of Sails, Sacks, and Rails." Port Costa, CA: Murdock-Endom Publishers, 1977.

Port Hueneme

Greenland, Powell. "Port Hueneme - A History." Oxnard, CA: Ventura County Maritime Museum, 1994.

Porterville

Edwards, Jeff. "Main Street Porterville." Amarillo, TX: P & H Pub., 1976.

Farm Tribune. "Porterville Centennial, 1861-1961." Porterville, CA: Farm Tribune, v. 15, no. 21, Nov. 9, 1961.

Stiner, Ina H. "History of Porterville." Porterville, CA: Ina H. Stiner, 1934.

Stiner, Ina H. "Porterville, California, An Appreciation of the Past." Porterville, CA: Ina H. Stiner, 1956.

Potrero

McCain, Ella Williams. "Memories of the Early Settlements: Dulzura, Potrero, and Campo." National City, CA: South Bay Press, 1955.

Potter Valley

Moungovan, Julia L., editor. "The Potter Valley Story."  1st ed. Ukiah, CA: Mendocino County Historical Society, 1972.

Ramona

Bowen, Russell and Ransom, Leona B. "Historic Buildings of the Ramona Area." Ruth S. Meyer, editor. Ramona, CA: Ramona Pioneer Historical Society, 1975.

LeMenager, Charles R. "Ramona and Round About - A History of San Diego County's Little Known Back Country." Ramona, CA: Eagle Peak Pub. Co., 1989.

O'Neal, Lulu R. "The History of Ramona, California, and Environs." Ramona, CA: Ballena Press, 1976.

Rancho Mirage

"A Look Back In Time." Rancho Mirage, CA: 1993.

Rancho Santa Fe

McGroarty, John Steven. "The Endless Miracle of California." Chula Vista, CA: Denrich Press, 192-?

Randsburg

McPherson, Geo. W. "The Rand Mining District - History of the Most Phenomenal Mining Region Ever Discovered." Randsburg, CA: Rand Camp Graphics, 1998?

Wynn, Marcia Rittenhouse. "Desert Bonanza; Story of Early Randsburg, Mojave Desert Mining Camp. Culver City, CA: M. W. Samelson, 1949.

Wynn, Marcia Rittenhouse. "Desert Bonanza - The Story of Early Randsburg Mojave Desert Mining Camp. Revised edition. Glendale, CA: A.H. Clark Co., 1963.

Ravensdale

Garate, Donald T. "Red Rock to Ravendale: Memories of a Northern California Community." Ravendale, CA: Garate, 1975.

Ravenswood

Foss, Werner C. "The History of Ravenswood." San Mateo, CA: San Mateo Junior College manuscript, 1942.

Redding

Lawson, John D. "Redding and Shasta County: Gateway to the Cascades, An Illustrated History." 1st ed. Northridge, CA: Windsor Publications, 1986.

Petersen, Edward. "Redding, 1872-1972; A Centennial History." Redding, CA: Petersen, 1972.

Redlands

"Golden Jubilee - Redlands, Calif., 1888-1938." Redlands, CA: Citrograph Printing Co., 1938?

Hinckley, Edith Barrett Parker. "On the Banks of the Zanja; The Story of Redlands." 1st ed. Claremont, CA: Saunders Press, 1951.

Hinckley, Edith Parker. "Redlands 1950-1960." Claremont, CA: Creative Press, 1960.

Moore, William G. "Redlands Yesterdays: A Photo Album, 1870-1920." Redlands, CA: Moore Historical Foundation, 1983.

Nelson, Lawrence Emerson. "Only One Redlands; Changing Patterns in a Southern California Town." Redlands, CA: Redlands Community Music Association, 1963.

Prospect Park Fund. "History of Redlands (1888-1968) and Prospect Park (1878-1968) Celebrating the Eightieth Anniversary of the City of Redlands, California, and the Acquisition of Prospect Park." Redlands, CA: Prospect Park Fund, 1968?

Tisdale, William M. "Redlands, California: A Progressive City." Redlands, CA: Citrograph Power Print, 1895.

Redondo

Benton, Elizabath. "When Redondo Was Young and Gay." Westways 39, May 1947, p. 18-19.

Redondo Beach

Snyder, Gloria. "A Centennial Tribute, Redondo Beach, 1892-1992." Costa Mesa, CA: Historic Publications, 1993.

Redwood City

Redwood City Centennial Committee. "Redwood City Historical Trail." Redwood City, CA, 1967.

Redwood City Tribune. "Redwood City's Centennial, 1867-1967." Redwood City, CA, 1967.

Schmidt, Helen Goodspeed. "Early History of Redwood City, California." Burlingame, CA: Daughters of the American Revolution, 1961.

Redwood Valley

Shultz, Raymond James. "Memories of Redwood Valley." 1st ed. Ukiah, CA: Mendocino County Historical Society, Monograph no. 10, 1976.

Reedley

Bartsch, Douglas. "Historic Reedley." Kenneth Zech, editor. Reedley, CA: Reedley Historical Society, 1994.

McCubbin, John C. "The McCubbin Papers: An early History of Reedley and the '76 Country." Kenneth Zech, editor. Reedley, CA: Reedley Historical Society, 1988.

Nickel, Katharine. "A Treasury of Historical Accounts 'till 1913." Reedley, CA: Katharine Nickel, 1961.

Rialto

Stoebe, Martha G. "A History of Rialto." Rialto, CA: Rialto Unified School District, 1965.

Stoebe, Martha G. "A History of Rialto." In collaboration with L. Roy Bemis. Bicentennial edition. Rialto, CA: Rialto Bicentennial Committee, Heritage Sub-Committee, 1976.

Richmond

Cole, Susan D. "Richmond: Windows to the Past." Richmond, CA: Wildcat Canyon Books, 1980.

Fridell, Lee D. "The Story of Richmond, El Cerrito, San Pablo, Pinole, Hercules." Richmond, CA: Richmond Union High School District, 1954.

Griffins, Evans. "Early History of Richmond, Contra Costa County, California." Richmond, CA: Evans Griffins, 1938.

Independent Printing Company. "Richmond The Early Years." Richmond, CA: Independent Printing Company, 1960.

Whitnah, Joseph C. "A History of Richmond, California." Richmond, CA: Richmond Chamber of Commerce and Independent Printing Co., 1944.

Rio Vista

Church, Idella R. "This is Our Town: Rio Vista, California." Rio Vista, CA: Idella R. Church, 1958.

Palmer, Lyman L. "Historical Sketch of Rio Vista, California and Reminiscent Sketches Forty Years Ago." Rio Vista, CA: River News, 1914.

Shine, Steven Martin. "Early Years to Golden Years in Rio Vista." 1st ed. Vallejo, CA: Victoria Books, 1978.

Riverside

Austen, Ruth. "Riverside: The Heritage, the People, the Vision." Montgomery, AL: Community Communications, 1996.

Gabbert, John Raymond. "History of Riverside City and County." Phoenix, AZ, and Riverside, CA: Record Publishing Company, 1935.

Green, Earle M. "Getting Acquainted With Your Community; History and Government of the City of Riverside." Riverside, CA: Riverside City Schools, 1938.

Klotz, Esther. "Riverside and the Day the Bank Broke - A Chronicle of the City, 1890-1907." Riverside, CA: Rubidoux Press, 1972.

Klotz, Esther and Hall, Joan H. "Adobes, Bungalows, and Mansions of Riverside, California." Riverside, CA: Riverside Museum Press, 1985.

Patterson, Tom. "The Beginnings of Riverside." Riverside, CA: Press and Daily Enterprise, 1960.

Patterson, Tom. "A Colony For California - Riverside's First Hundred Years." Riverside, CA: Press-Enterprise Co., 1971.

Rudisill, H.J. "Riverside Illustrated; A City Among the Orange Groves." San Francisco, CA: H.S. Crocker and Co., 1889.

Rockland

Davis, Leonard M. "Rocklin, Past, Present, Future: An Illustrated History of Rocklin, Placer County, California, from 1864 to 1981." Roseville, CA: Rocklin Friends of the Library, 1981.

Rodeo

Rodeo Round-Up Club. "Round up of Rodeo History." Rodeo, CA: Rodeo Round-up Club, 1954.

Roseville

Black, Jim and Motenko, Janet. "Here's Looking At You, Roseville: A Pictorial History of a Growing Community." North Highlands, CA: Sacramento Bee Neighbors, 2001.

Davis, Leonard M. "From Trail to Rail! Being a History of the City of Roseville, California, 1864-1909." Roseville, CA: Roseville Community Projects, 1964.

Davis, Leonard M. "A History of Roseville - 1864-1909." Roseville, CA: L.M. Davis, 1958.

Davis, Leonard M. "Profiles Out of the Past: A Biographical History of Roseville, California, From its Earliest Days to the Present." 1st ed. Roseville, CA: Roseville Community Projects, 1982.

Davis, Leonard M. "Rail Jargon." Roseville, CA: Roseville Historical Society, 1989.

Davis, Leonard M. "Roseville, Yesterday and Today: A Pictorial History of the City of Roseville, California From Its Earliest Days to the Present." 1st ed. Roseville, CA: Roseville Community Projects, 1975.

Davis, Leonard M. "Roseville's 'Old Town'." Roseville, CA: Roseville Old Town Merchants' Association, 1979.

Rohnerville

Van Kirk, Susie. "Rohnerville Historic District." Prepared for Winzler & Kelly, Consulting Engineers. Winzler & Kelly, 1977.

Rolling Hills

Swaffield, Roland G. "Saga of the City of Rolling Hills." Long Beach, CA: Roland G. Swaffield, 1958.

Rosemead

Jones, Dana H. "L. J. Rose and the Founding of Rosemead." Rosemead, CA: First State Bank of Rosemead, 1953.

Rosamond

Settle, Glen. "A Along the Rails From Lancaster to Mojave." Lancaster, CA: Kern-Antelope Historical Society, 1967.

Rough and Ready

Rogers, Andy. "A Hundred Years of Rip and Roarin' Rough and Ready." CA: Andy Rogers, 1952.

Running Springs

California Interstate Telephone Company. "Romantic Heritage of San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains - A Saga of Historical Events In the Big Bear Lake, Running Springs, Wrightwood & Summit Valley Areas." Victorville, CA: California Interstate Telephone Company, 1966.

Rutherford

Napa County Historical Society. "A Sketch from the Archives of the Napa County Historical Society." Napa County Historical Society, ser. 1, no. 3, no date.

Wichels, John. "Centennial Anniversary of Rutherford, 1876-1976." Napa, CA: Napa County Historical Society, 1979.