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An Old-Time Mining Camp Courtesy of A. C. Jackson, Union Pacific Railway.	Inside Covers
William James Howard From a Photograph Taken by the Author.	Frontispiece
Preface by Captain Howard Facsimile of Original Manuscript, Written at the Age of Ninety-seven	xiii
Agreement for Purchase of Slaves Facsimile of Original Contract.	12
The Historic Alamo	20
A Close Call for Young Howard	64
James W. Marshall, Discoverer of California’s Gold	76
Sutter’s Sawmill, Where the First Gold Was Found	80
Entry in Bigler’s Diary, January 24, 1848 Facsimile of Original Manuscript.	85
Mariposa County Court-House	92
A Landmark of Howard’s Romantic Youth	100
Another Relic of the Gold-Rush Days	100
Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley	152
“Wide-Open” San Francisco	160
The Rangers in Action	160
The Spanish Fandango	172
Joaquin Murieta Only Known Portrait of California’s Most Desperate Bandit.	188
Capture of Murieta by the Rangers	188
Captain Howard and His Bride, Isabelle Holton	224
General P. Edward Connor	236
Colonel Edward Baker	236
A Yosemite Indian Mother	260
First Railroad Train to Reach the Pacific	272
Judge David Terry	284
Senator David C. Broderick	284