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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), California (search)
s carried on throughout the country, and it was denounced upon diametrically opposite grounds. It finally became a law, and on Sept. 9, 1850, California was admitted into the Union as a State. So lawless were a large class of the population at this time, that nothing but the swift operations of Vigilance committees could control them and preserve social order. The first vigilance committee of San Francisco was organized in 1851. Finally, these committees assumed Cathedral rocks, Yosemite Valley. Big trees of California. the functions and powers of judges and executives, but under proper regulations, which guaranteed all accused persons a fair trial. Dangerous men of every kind were arrested, tried, hanged, transported, or acquitted. The tribunal became a terror to evil-doers. Late in 1856 the vigilance committee in San Francisco surrendered its powers to the regularly constituted civil authority. California did not furnish any troops during the Civil War, owing to its
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Le Conte, Joseph 1823- (search)
Macon, Ga., to practise medicine; studied at the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard in 1850-51; and in the latter year went with Agassiz to Florida on an exploring expedition. He was appointed Professor of Natural Science in Oglethorpe College in 1852, and in the following year became Professor of Geology and Natural History in the University of Georgia. During 1857-69 he was Professor of Chemistry and Geology in the College of South Carolina. In 1862-63 he was a chemist in the Confederate laboratory for the manufacture of medicines, and in 1864-65 held a similar post in the nitre and mining bureau. In 1869 he was called to the chair of Natural History and Geology in the University of California. Professor Le Conte is the author of Religion and Science; Elements of Geology; Sight: an Exposilion of the principles of Monocular and Binocular vision; Compend of Geology; and Evolution: its nature, its evidences, and its relation. He died in the Yosemite Valley, Cal., July 6, 1901.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
nd surrenders in a sinking condition......June 19, 1864 Battle of Weldon Railroad, Va.......June 21-22, 1864 Lincoln accepts the renomination by letter, dated Washington......June 27, 1864 Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.......June 27, 1864 Repeal of fugitive slave law of 1850 approved......June 28, 1864 Act authorizing the issue of bonds not to exceed $400,000,000, or treasury notes not to exceed $200,000,000 and bonds for same amount......June 30, 1864 Congress grants Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Tree grove to California for a public park......June 30, 1864 Secretary Chase resigns June 30; William P. Fessenden appointed......July 1, 1864 Confederates evacuate Marietta, Ga.......July 1, 1864 Act prohibiting the coastwise slavetrade forever approved......July 2, 1864 First session adjourns......July 2, 1864 President suspends the habeas corpus in Kentucky, and proclaims martial law......July 5, 1864 President, under resolution of Congress, appo
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Yosemite Valley, (search)
Yosemite Valley, A picturesque stretch of country in the Sierra Nevada of California, 150 miles in a direct line southeast from San Francisco, and nearly in the centre of the State. Its scenic attractions are most remarkable. It was discovered in 1851, a party of settlers near the mining-camp of Mariposa having visited it that year. The Indian residents of that region are said to be a mixed race. They were troublesome to the white settlers, and were chased to this stronghold, and thus it was discovered. The name Yosemite signifies a full-grown grizzly bear. By act of Congress in 1864 the valley, with a small adjacent region, was intrusted to the State of California as a State park. This was followed by the reservation of other regions, and the area has since been set aside by Congress as a national park.