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'''1869: ''' Completion of the transcontinental railroad gave California a direct connection with the East. Great numbers of Chinese were imported to work on this railroad. | '''1869: ''' Completion of the transcontinental railroad gave California a direct connection with the East. Great numbers of Chinese were imported to work on this railroad. | ||
'''1872: '''The Modoc War on border between Oregon and California, between the U.S. and the Modoc tribe led by Chief Kintpuash (Captain Jack), the tribe had ceded their land in 1864, they were sent to the Klamath reservation, in 1870 they returned to their old land. 1873 the remaining tribal members sent to Oklahoma. | |||
'''1884-1885: ''' A railroad rate war (1884) and a California real estate boom (1885) caused a new wave of overland immigration. | '''1884-1885: ''' A railroad rate war (1884) and a California real estate boom (1885) caused a new wave of overland immigration. | ||
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A bibliography of local histories for California is Margaret M. Rocq, ''California Local History: A Bibliography and Union List of Library Holdings,'' Second Edition. (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1970; FHL book 979.4 H23r; supplement, 1961 to 1970, is 979.4 H23r Supp.; 1950 ed. is on film 1000136 item 3). | A bibliography of local histories for California is Margaret M. Rocq, ''California Local History: A Bibliography and Union List of Library Holdings,'' Second Edition. (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1970; FHL book 979.4 H23r; supplement, 1961 to 1970, is 979.4 H23r Supp.; 1950 ed. is on film 1000136 item 3). | ||
=== '''Web Sites<br>''' | === '''Web Sites<br>''' === | ||
http://www.californiahistory.net/ | http://www.californiahistory.net/ | ||
http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/ | http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/ <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> | ||
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[[Category:California]] | [[Category:California]] | ||