| The Field Party of 1864 | Frontispiece |
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| BOOK I |
| William H. Brewer (1859) | facing page 4 |
| Josiah Dwight Whitney | 18 |
| William H. Brewer (1864) | 18 |
| Chester Averill | 18 |
| William Ashburner | 18 |
Santa Barbara Mission
From a drawing by Edward Vischer | 40 |
The Celebrated Grapevine at Montecito
From a drawing by Edward Vischer | 40 |
San Luis Obispo
From a drawing by Ogilby, after Vischer | 62 |
Mission of San Juan Bautista
From a drawing by Edward Vischer | 62 |
General View of Carmel Mission
From a drawing by Edward Vischer | 84 |
Carmel Mission before Its Restoration
From a photograph by C. E. Watkins | 84 |
In Camp near Monterey, May, 1861
From a photograph taken on leather | 100 |
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| BOOK II |
New Almaden Quicksilver Mine: The Planilla;
The Hacienda
From photographs by C. E. Watkins | 120 |
| Sherman Day | 152 |
| Gov. John G. Downey | 152 |
| Rev. Laurentine Hamilton | 152 |
| Rev. Thomas Starr King | 152 |
Hollenbeck’s Rock, Pacheco Pass
From a sketch by Charles F. Hoffmann | 188 |
The Beer Keg
From a sketch by Charles F. Hoffmann | facing page 188 |
Rapid Transportation and Communication in the Early Sixties
From a drawing by Edward Vischer | 216 |
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| BOOK III |
The City of Sacramento in the Flood of 1862: K Street;
J Street
From contemporary newspaper cuts | 244 |
| The Survey Party in Camp near Mount Diablo, 1862 | 260 |
| Dr. James G. Cooper | 276 |
| Charles F. Hoffmann | 276 |
| Auguste Rémond | 276 |
| William More Gabb | 276 |
Castle Crags, West of the Upper Sacramento
From a sketch by J. D. Whitney | 294 |
Cone Mountain (Black Butte), near Mount Shasta
From a sketch by Charles F. Hoffmann | 294 |
Mount Shasta
From an engraving published by D. Appleton & Co. in 1873 | 312 |
Weaverville
From a lithograph published by J. M. Hutchings in 1855 | 326 |
Shasta City
From a lithograph published by J. M. Hutchings in 1855 | 326 |
Hydraulic Mining
From a photograph by Don Rafael Ordońez Castro, of the Pacific Squadron of Spain, 1863 | 350 |
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| BOOK IV |
Entering the Calaveras Grove of Big Trees
From a lithograph reproduction of a drawing by Edward Vischer published in 1862 | 368 |
The Obelisk Group (Merced Peaks), from Porcupine Flat
From a sketch by J. D. Whitney | 382 |
Mount Dana and Peaks at Head of Tuolumne River
From a sketch by J. D. Whitney | 382 |
Unicorn Peak, from Tuolumne Meadows
From a sketch by Charles F. Hoffmann | facing page 402 |
Cathedral Peak and Fairview Dome, from Tuolumne Meadows
From a sketch by Charles F. Hoffmann | 402 |
Cathedral Peak, from Tuolumne Meadows
From a sketch by J. D. Whitney | 420 |
The Summit of Mount Lyell
From a sketch by Charles F. Hoffmann | 420 |
Volcanic Ridges near Silver Mountain
From a sketch by J. D. Whitney | 440 |
Summits Capped with Lava, near the Sonora Road
From a sketch by Charles F. Hoffmann | 440 |
Lassen Peak
From a sketch by Clarence King | 458 |
Grass Valley
From a lithograph reproduction of a drawing by R. E. Ogilby | 458 |
Yreka
From a lithograph published by J. M. Hutchings in 1855 | 480 |
Scott’s Bar
From a lithograph published by J. M. Hutchings in 1855 | 480 |
| The California State Geological Survey, December, 1863 | 500 |
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| BOOK V |
| James T. Gardiner | 506 |
| Charles F. Hoffmann | 506 |
| William H. Brewer | 506 |
| Richard D. Cotter | 506 |
| Clarence King | 506 |
Granite Formation near Camp 168
From a sketch by Charles F. Hoffmann | 514 |
Granite Formation near Camp 169
From a sketch by Charles F. Hoffmann | 514 |
Mount Brewer
From a sketch by Charles F. Hoffmann | 524 |
Mount Silliman
From a sketch by Charles F. Hoffmann | 524 |
Mount Whitney, in Distance
As seen from the slope of Mount Brewer
From a photograph by Ansel F. Hall | facing page 534 |
| Record Found on the Summit of Mount Brewer in 1896 | 534 |
Cliff near Camp 181, on Charlotte Creek, Headwaters of Kings River
From a sketch by Charles F. Hoffmann | 548 |
Canyon of the Upper San Joaquin River
From a sketch by Charles F. Hoffmann | 548 |
Crossing the Sierra Nevada by the Placerville-Carson Route
From a drawing by Edward Vischer | 562 |
Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company’s Mill, Virginia City, Nevada
From a lithograph published in 1864 | 562 |
| Map of California Illustrating the Travels of William H. Brewer | 588 |