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Cascade Mountains

Strong, Douglas H. "These Happy Grounds, A History of the Lassen Region." Red Bluff, CA: Walker Lithograph, 1982.

Coast Ranges

Faulk, Odie B. "Too Far North - Too Far South." Los Angeles, CA: Westernlore Press, 1967.

Goodwin, H. Marshall, Jr. "The Arroyo Seco: From Dry Gulch to Freeway." Southern California Quarterly 47, 1965, p. 90-94.

Guinn, J.M. "History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Coast Counties, California." Chicago, IL: The Chapman Publishing Company, 1904.

Stebbins, Beth. "The Noyo: Being an Account of the 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.

Death Valley

Chalfant, W.A. "Death Valley." Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1930.

Cronkhite, Daniel. "Death Valley's Victims: A Descriptive Chronology, 1849-1980." 3rd edition. Morongo Valley, CA: Sagebrush Press, 1981.

Lingenfelter, Richard E. "Death Valley and the Amargosa: A Land of Illusion." Berkeley, CA: UC Press. 1986.

McAdams, Cliff. "Death Valley, Past and Present. Guide and Reference Book." Boulder, CO: Pruett Publishing Co., 1981.

Great Basin

Bean, Betty. "Horseshoe Canyon: A Brief History of the June Lake Loop." Bishop, CA: Chalfant Press, 1977.

Calhoun, Margaret. "Pioneers of Mono Basin. " Lee Vining, CA: Artenisia Press, 1984.

Great Central Valley (Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys)

Bolton, Herbert Eugene. "In the South San Joaquin Ahead of Garces." California Historical Society Quarterly 10, 1931, p. 211-219.

Dana, Julian. "The Sacramento, River of Gold." New York, NY: Farrar and Rinehart, 1939.

McGowan, Joseph. "A History of the Sacramento Valley." 3 volumes. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1961.

Minick, Roger. "Delta West." Berkeley, CA: Scrimshaw Press, 1969.

Peirson, Emma. "Kern's Desert." Bakersfield, CA: Kern County Historical Society, 1956.

Pimentel, Wayne. "Dogtown and Ditches: Life on the Westside." Los Banos, CA: Loose Change Publications, 1987.

Preston, William L. "Vanishing Landscape: Land and Life in the Tulare Lake Basin." Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1980.

Street, Richard Steven. "A Kern County Diary: The Forgotten Photographs of Carleton E. Watkins, 1881-1888." California History 61, 1983, p. 242-263.

Thompson, John. "From Waterways to Roadways in the Sacramento Delta." California History 59, 1980, p. 144-159.

Wooldridge, Jesse Walton. "History of the Sacramento Valley, California." 3 Volumes. Chicago, IL: The Pioneer Historical Publishing Company, 1931.

Guenoc Valley

Case, Suzanne D. "Join Me in Paradise: The History of Guenoc Valley." Middleton, CA: Guenoc Winery, 1982.

Humboldt Bay

Coy, Owen C. "The Humboldt Bay Region, 1850-1875: A Study in the Americanization of California." Los Angeles, CA: California State Historical Association, 1929.

Palmquist, Peter E. "The Photographs of the Humboldt Bay Region, 1870-1875." Arcata, CA (1183 Union St), 1986.

Klamath Mountains

McBeth, Frances Turner. "Lower Klamath Country." Berkeley, CA: Anchor Press, 1950.

McBeth, Frances Turner. "Pioneers of Elk Valley." Angwin, CA: Pacific Union College Press, 1960.

Livermore Valley

Newton, Janet. "The Livermore Valley 1878-1889." Livermore, CA: Janet Newton, 1988.

Rowley, Elmer and Los Positas Parlor No. 96 N.S.G.W. and Class of 1931 L.U.H.S. "History of Livermore Valley." Livermore, CA, 1931.

Los Angeles Basin

Anonymous. "Catalina's Yesterdays." Los Angeles, CA, 1926.

Basten, Fred E. "Santa Monica Bay: The First Hundred Years." Los Angeles, CA: Douglas-West Publishers, 1975.

Colver, Seth I., editor. "The Historical Volume and Reference Works, Covering Arcadia, Azusa, Baldwin Park, Bradbury, Charter Oak, Claremont, Covina, Duarte, El Monte, Glendora, Irwindale, La Verne, Monrovia, Pomona, San Dimas, South El Monte, West Covina." Arlington, 1964.

Crouch, Charles W. "Capri With A Coney Touch." Westways 27, Jan. 1935, p. 16. [Catalina Island]

Farnsworth, R.W.C. "A Southern California Paradise." Pasadena, CA: R.W.C. Farnsworth, 1883.

Gregg, Adelaide. "A History of Santa Catalina Island from 1542 to 1919." Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California Master's thesis, 1934.

Hager, Anna M., and Hager, Everett G. "San Pedro Harbor Highlights." Glendale, CA, 1968.

Hardcastle, William R. "Alamitos Bay; Golden Anniversary of Progress." Long Beach, CA, 1955.

Lee, Ellen K. "Newport Bay: A Pioneer History." Newport Beach, CA: Newport Beach Historical Society, 1973.

Oberbeck, Grace Johnson. "History of La Crescenta-La Canada Valleys." Montrose, CA: Ledger, 1938.

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

Mendocino Coast

Pritchard, Margaret Brinzing. "Early History of the Mendocino Coast." Margaret B. Pritchard, 1987.

Modoc Plateau

Purdy, Tim I. "Purdy's Eagle Lake." Susanville, CA: Lahontan Images, 1988.

Purdy, Tim I. "Sagebrush Reflections: The History of Amedee and Honey Lake." Stamford, CT: Distribution Publications, 1983.

Mojave Desert

Jaeger, Edmund C. "The California Deserts." Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1965.

James, George Wharton. "Wonders of the Colorado Desert." Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1906.

Keeling, Patricia J., editor. "Once Upon a Desert: A Bicentennial Project." Barstow, CA: Mojave River Valley Museum Association, 1976.

Leadabrand, Russ. "A Guidebook to the Mojave Desert of California." Los Angeles, CA: Ward Ritchie Press, 1966.

Leadabrand, Russ. "A Guidebook to the San Bernardino Mountains of California." Los Angeles, CA: Ritchie and Simon, 1973.

Lopez, Barry. "California Desert, a Worldly Wilderness." National Geographic 171, January 1987, p. 42-78.

Peirson, Emma. "The Mojave River and Its Valley." Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1970.

Monterey Peninsula

Davenport, William. "The Monterey Peninsula." Menlo Park, CA: Lane Books, 1964.

Lewis, Betty. "Monterey Bay Yesterday." Fresno, CA: Valley Publishers, 1977.

Perry, Frank. "Lighthouse Point: Reflections on Monterey Bay History." Soquel, CA: GBH Publishing, 1982.

Reinstedt, Randall A. "The Monterey Peninsula, an Enchanted Land." Northridge, CA: Windsor Publications, 1987.

Mother Lode Region

Glasscock, C.B. "A Golden Highway; Scenes of the History's Greatest Gold Rush Yesterday and Today." Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1934.

Napa Valley

Conaway, James. "Napa, The Story of an American Eden." Boston, MS: Houghton Mifflin, 1990.

Heintz, William F. "Wine Country, An History of Napa Valley the Early Years: 1838-1920." Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1990.

Verardo, Denzil, and Verardo, Jennie. "Napa Valley: From Golden Fields to Purple Harvest." Northridge, CA: Windsor Publications, 1986.

Ojai Valley

Fry, Patricia F. "The Ojai Valley: An Illustrated History." 2nd Edition. Ojai, CA: Matilija Press, 1999.

Peninsular Ranges

James, George Wharton. "Through Ramona's Country." Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1909.

Sacramento Valley

Wooldridge, Jesse W. "History of the Sacramento Valley." 3 vol. Chicago, IL: The Pioneer Historical Publishing Co., 1931.

Salinas Valley

Fisher, Anne B. "The Salinas Upside-Down River." New York, NY: Farrar and Rinehart Inc., 1945.

Salton Trough

DeStanley, Mildred. "The Salton Sea, Yesterday and Today." Los Angeles, CA: Triumph Press, 1966.

San Bernardino Valley

Beattie, George W. "San Bernardino Valley in the Spanish Period." Historical Society of Southern California Annual Publications 12, Part 3, 1923, p. 10-28.

Beattie, George W., and Beattie, Helen P. "Heritage of the Valley." Oakland, CA: Biobooks, 1951. [San Bernardino Valley]

San Fernando Valley

Keffer, Frank McCleunan. "History of San Fernando Valley." Glendale, CA: Stillman Printing Co., 1934.

Robinson, William Wilcox. "San Fernando Valley, A Calendar of Events." Los Angeles, CA: Title Guarantee and Trust Co., 1938.

San Francisco Bay Area

Bohakel, Charles A. "Mount Diablo, The 'Devil' Mountain of California." Antioch, CA: Charles Bohakel, 1975.

Calhoun, Merilyn. "Early Days in the Livermore-Amador Valley." Hayward, CA: Alameda County School Department, 1973.

Country Club of Washington Township Research Committee. "History of Washington Township." Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2nd edition, 1950.

Fairley, Lincoln. "Literary Associations with Mount Tamalpais." California History 61, 1982, p. 82-99.

Jenkins, Olaf P., editor. "Geologic Guidebook of the San Francisco Bay Counties." San Francisco, CA: California Division of Mines, 1951.

Kennard, Charles. "San Francisco Bay Area Landmarks: Recollections of Four Centuries." Palo Alto, CA: Tioga Publishing Co., 1987.

Kinnaird, Lawrence. "History of the Greater San Francisco Bay Region." 3 volumes. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1966.

San Mateo County Department of Environmental Management. "Coastside Cultural Resources of San Mateo County, California." San Mateo County Department of Environmental Management, Planning Division, 1980.

Sandoval, John S. "The History of Washington Township." Hayward, CA: Mt. Eden Historical Publishers, 1985.

Scott, Mel. "The San Francisco Bay Area: A Metropolis in Perspective." 2nd edition. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1985.

Wilson, Mark A. "East Bay Heritage: A Pot-Pourri of Living History." San Francisco, CA: California Living Books, 1979.

Wollenberg, Charles. "Golden Gate Metropolis: Perspectives on a Bay Area History." Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1985.

San Gabriel Mountains

Blow, Ben. "San Fernando Pass, Historic and Forgotten." California Highways and Public Works 7, July-August 1929, p.11-12.

Leadabrand, Russ. "A Guidebook to the San Gabriel Mountains of California." Los Angeles, CA: Ward Ritchie Press, 1963.

San Joaquin Valley

Guinn, J.M. "History of the State of California and Biographical Record of the San Joaquin Valley, California." Chicago, IL: The Chapman Publishing Company, 1905.

Rehart, Catherine Morison. "The Valley's Legends & Legacies." Two volumes. Clovis, CA: Quill Driver Books, Word Dancer Press, Inc., 1997.

San Ramon Valley

Fink, Leonora Galindo. "The San Ramon Valley." Contra Costa Chronicles 1, no. 3, 1966, p. 17-27.

Santa Ana Mountains

Sleeper, Jim. "Santa Ana Mountains." Trabuco Canyon, CA: California Classics, 1976.

Santa Clara Valley

Ibarra, Gabriel. "Santa Clara Valley Landmark and Historical Buildings." San Jose, CA: G. Ibarra, 2000.

Sierra Nevada

Farquhar, Francis P. "History of the Sierra Nevada." Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1965.

Greuner, Lorene. "Lake Valley's Past." South Lake Tahoe, CA: Lake Tahoe Historical Society, 1976.

Hanson, George E. "The Early History of the Yuba River Valley." Berkeley, CA: University of California Master Thesis, 1924.

Harrington, M.R. "Pass Into Yesterday." Westways 44, Nov. 1952, p. 18-19. [Fremont Pass]

Mendershausen, Ralph. "Treasures of the South Fork: A History and Guide for the South Fork of the Merced River in Mariposa County." Mariposa, CA: Ralph R. Mendershausen, 1983.

Saunders, Charles Francis. "The Southern Sierras of California." Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1923.

Schweiker, Ande J. "Awahnee: Yosemite Valley As It Was Known by the Miwok." Coulterville, CA: TimeScapes, 1994.

Zauner, Phyllis. "Lake Tahoe." Tahoe Paradise, CA: Zanel Publications, 1982.

Southern California

Lewis Publishing Co. "An Illustrated History of Southern California." Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing Co., 1890.

McWilliams, Carey. "Southern California Country: An Island on the Land." New York, NY: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1946.

Sutter Buttes

Hendrix, Louise Butts. "Sutter Buttes, Land of Histum Yani, Sutter County, California." Marysville, CA: Normart Printing Co., 1980.

Ygnacio Valley

Emanuels, George. "Ygnacio Valley 1834-1970." Walnut Creek, CA, 1982 (reprint, Fresno, CA: Panorama West Books, 1985).