[Editor’s note: a more thorough index to this book was prepared by Dee Sardoch in 2001 and is available online at http://www.mariposaresearch.net/BOFRI.html See “contents” for finding what page is in which chapter, with links—dea.]

Abrams, William Penn, 264, 265

Ackerson, James T., 207, 266, 287

Ackerson Meadows, 207, 228, 287

Adams Express Co., 69, 73, 315

Ahwahnee, 259

Ahwahnee Hotel, 279

Ahwahneeche Indians, 259

Alta California, 4

Anderson, May, 294

Anderson Flat, 263, 264, 322

Angel’s Camp, 11, 54

Anza, Juan Bautista: expedition of, 1

Arni (Arin), Nicholas, 193

Ayers, Thomas, 273

Babcock, Franklin, 206, 207

Bacon, Martin, 74, 75, 243

Barnard, J. K., 286

Barnard’s Hotel, 287

Barnes Hotel, 41

Bartlett, A. T., 39

Bear Creek Indians, 293

Bear Flag, 4

Beaumont, Duncan, 16

Becker, John, 194

Benson, Capt. Harry C., 232, 233, 234, 296, 298

Berkeley Recreation Camp, 201, 204

Best, Harry C., 298

Bidwell-Bartleson Party, 3

Bidwell’s Bar, 11

Bidwell, John, 11

Big Creek, 154, 155, 157, 158, 176, 186, 293

Big Gap, 195, 196, 244

Big Hill, 49, 50

Big Meadows (Mariposa County), 193, 224, 290

Big Oak (The), 121, 135, 141

Big Oak Flat, 17, 74, 76, 103, 127, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 136, 138, 139, 140, 144, 147, 152, 157, 158, 163, 164, 170, 192, 208, 244, 245, 318, 321, 323

Big Oak Flat Hill, 114, 117, 244

Big Oak Flat Road, 59, 65, 80, 83, 88, 89, 93, 94, 95, 106, 108, 135, 147, 150, 177, 186, 191, 192, 194, 198, 211, 213, 214, 219, 223, 224, 232, 234, 241, 245, 246, 247, 254, 256, 285, 286, 298, 299, 318, 322, 323

Big Oak Flat Road Co., 257

Big Oak Flat Toll Gate, 193

Big Oak Flat Trail, 94, 219, 224, 243, 250, 288, 322

Big Oak Flat-Yosemite Stage Co., 319

Big Oak Flat-Yosemite Turnpike Road Co., 198, 201, 256, 320

Black, A. G., 282

Black’s Hotel, 219, 254, 280, 282, 287, 296

Black Bart (Charles Bolton), 80, 83, 84, 85

Bloody Canyon, 231, 233, 272, 321

Bloody Canyon Trail, 176, 231

Boneyard, 120, 121, 188

Booth, Governor, 249

Bouryer, William, 145

Bower Cave, 193, 194, 245

Boysen, J. T., 298

Brannon, 24

Brennan, T. D., 21

Brewer, William H., 33, 102, 108, 135, 194, 195

Bret Harte Cabin, 180

Bridal Veil Creek, 282, 321, 322

Bridal Veil Fall, 253, 265, 273, 279

Bronson Meadow, 207, 208, 214, 228

Brown, Mark B., 34

Buck Meadow (Hamilton’s), 194, 197, 236

Buckley Meadow, 207

Buena Vista, 29, 44, 195

Bull Creek, 216, 219, 245, 260, 264, 322, 323

Bull Creek Indians, 290, 291, 293

Bunnell, Dr. Lafayette, 219, 224, 235, 260, 265, 268, 271, 273, 274, 275, 322, 323

Buzzell, Joe, 13

Buzzell’s Tavern, 11

Buzzell, Willard J., 7

Calaveras River, 2, 4

California Battalion, 23

California State Legislature, 244, 249, 250, 256, 320

Campbell, J. A., 19

Camp Curry, 277, 296, 297

Camp Washington, 68

Campo Salvador, 68, 69, 94

Canyon Road, 29

Carson, James H., 13

Cascade Creek, 161, 224, 225, 238, 239, 262, 322

Cascades, The, 251

Castro, Jose Antonio, 5

“Castoria” (French Camp), 14

“Cattle War,” 236

Cavagnaro, Angelo, 287, 295

Cemeteries, 79, 90, 91, 144, 145, 151, 163, 164

Central Pacific Railroad, 317

Chaffee, James A., 125, 177, 178, 179, 181, 183

Chamberlain, Jason P., 124, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 183, 204

Chiles-Walker Party, 7

Chinese, 30, 41, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 77, 80, 90, 102, 106, 137, 138, 139, 145, 162, 288

Chinese Camp, 17, 54, 55, 59, 61, 65, 68, 69, 76, 80, 84, 85, 86, 88, 91, 93, 96, 98, 104, 111, 127, 132, 133, 134, 137, 138, 148, 165, 173, 208, 243, 244, 247, 317, 318, 319, 320

Chinese Camp Military Co., 79

Chinese Station, 319

Chowchilla Creek, 322

Chowchilla Indians, 269, 293

Citizen’s Cemetery, 144, 145

City Cemetery, 90

Clark, Galen, 248, 249, 271, 274, 275, 278, 293, 322

Clark’s Ranch (Galen), 322

Clear Creek, 11

Cloudman, 81, 84, 222

Cloudman, Daniel, 51, 52

Cloudman Road, 52, 55

Coarse Gold Gulch, 270

Colfax Springs (Elwell’s), 197, 320

Connell, John (“Smokey Jack”), 221, 222

Consumnes River, 6

Constitutional Convention, 12

Conway, John, 251, 285

Conyers, Dr. Benj. L., 88

Cooper, Major S., 24

Cooper, William F., 50

Cooperstown, 50

Cooperstown Road, 55

Copperopolis, 42, 56, 57, 318, 319

Copperopolis Short Line, 317, 319

Corwin, Rev. James, 14

Cosmopolitan Saloon, 277

Coulter, George W., 219, 235, 243, 244, 248, 323

Coulterville, 59, 74, 87, 112, 113, 120, 193, 219, 235, 243, 245, 246, 247, 249, 257, 260, 278, 323

Coulterville Gate, 193

Coulterville Road, 128, 169, 192, 193, 253, 256, 286, 290, 299, 323

Coulterville Road Company, 257

Coulterville Trail, 224, 243, 245, 248, 250, 322, 323

Coulterville & Yosemite Turnpike Co., 245, 248, 249

Cox, John, 199, 200

Crane Flat, 193, 199, 216, 218, 219, 220, 223, 224, 225, 228, 229, 234, 239, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 257, 263, 299, 317, 320, 322, 323

Crimea House (Mound Springs Station ), 61, 62, 63, 71, 72, 228, 316

Crocker, Ellen, 164, 209

Crocker, Henry R., 164, 207, 208, 209), 210, 211, 212, 238, 255, 318, 319

Crocker Meadow, 207, 209, 211

Crocker Ridge, 211

Crocker Station, 190, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 214, 225, 298, 321

Cub Gulch, 118

Culbertson, Geo. F., 113, 114, 115, 116, 244

Cuneo Meadow (Hodgdon’s), 213

Curry, David A., 297

Curtin, John, 48, 51, 52, 53, 81, 180, 228, 229

Curtin, J. B. (“Honest John”), 52, 229, 233, 234, 242, 256, 299, 321

Cutting, C. B., 74, 88, 89, 208, 243, 247

Dakin, Alice, 40

Dakin, Henry, 40

Dakin, Isaac, 29, 32, 33, 40

Dakin, Laura J., 32

Dakin, Wilbur, 40

“Declaration of Intention,” 243

Deer Flat (Tuolumne County), 128, 131, 144, 147, 150, 151, 152, 154, 160, 162, 163, 168, 184, 208, 228, 293

Deer Flat (Mariposa County), 263

Degnan, John, 295

Dent Bar, 28

Dent brothers, 26

Dent, George, 24, 30

Dent, Mrs. George, 39

Dent, John, 24, 25, 30, 39

Dent, Julia, 34.

Dent, Lewis, 24, 25, 30, 40

Dent & Vantine Co., 24, 25, 38

Dents, 29, 34, 35

Dents’ Gulch, 39

Dents’ Hotel, 44

Dentsville, 25

Devil’s Flat, 47, 50

Dillon, 20

Don Pedro Bar, 267

Dooly, M. J., 20

Dorsey, Caleb, 82, 192

Drew, C. O., 89, 165, 228, 232, 319, 321

Dudley, H. E., 23, 187

Dudley Station, 23, 161, 187

Eagle Creek, 284, 323

Eagle Peak, 266

Eagle-Shawmut Mine, 89, 95

Eccleston, Robert, 121, 123

Edwards’ Creek, 28

Edwards, Hugh, 29

Edwards, Thomas, 30, 33

Egling, Louis, 75, 76, 77, 81, 86, 320

Eight Mile House, 19

El Capitan, 254, 265, 299, 322

El Capitan Iron Bridge, 295

El Portal, 291, 299

Elwell, Francis, 193, 197, 198, 199

Ermatinger, 8

Estanislao, 2, 5

Estanislao (rancheria of), 45

Eugene, 19, 21

Farmington, 18, 19, 89

Farmington Road, 19

Ferry Bend, 284, 293

Fields, Billy, 54

First Garrote (Groveland), 128, 130, 136, 167, 168, 244, 317

Fiske, George, 298

Flower & Proctor, 31

Folsom, Ira B., 284, 285

Folsom Bridge, 254

Ford, James, 20

Ford, Kate, 21

Ford, Patrick, 20

Fort Humbolt, 34

Fort Millerton, 17

Fort Sutter, 3, 5, 6

Fort Tejon, 17

Fort Vancouver, 2, 34

Fort Yosemite, 296

Four Mile House, 19

Four Mile Trail, 284, 285, 290, 298

Fourteen Mile House, 19

Fremont, Lt. Col. John Charles, 23, 123, 322

Fremont’s Crossing, 18

French Camp, 4, 5, 8, 14, 18

French Camp, rancho of, 12

Frisbee, E. C., 28

Gann, Nicholas, 11

Garrison & Whicher, 31

Garrote, 150, 162, 171, 172, 175

Garrote Creek, 154

Garrotes, 129, 156, 188, 243

Gautier, Madame, 282

Gentry, Col. E. S., 239, 240

Gentry’s Station, 204, 220, 223, 239, 240, 243, 246, 248, 249, 252, 253, 256, 257, 317, 322, 323

Gin Flat, 219, 223, 224, 228, 229, 230, 231, 234, 236, 242, 243

Glacier Point, 285, 297

Göbel, William, 31, 39

Gobin, Louis D., 50, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 228, 317, 321

Golden Rock Ditch, 162, 185, 192, 195, 196, 203

Golden Rock Water Co., 121, 127, 133, 144, 185, 202, 203

Goodwin, J. W., 56, 57

Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne, 197

Grant, Capt. ——, 35, 36, 37, 56

Grant, Capt. Ulysses S., 19, 34, 35, 37, 39, 288

Grayson, Daniel, 44

Grayson Hotel, 43, 195

Grayson, Johannah, 195

Grayson, Mary, 44

Great Sierra Stage Co., 119, 319

Green Springs, 41, 55

Green Springs Creek, 54, 56, 57

Green Springs Road, 57

Grizzly Gulch, 118, 120

Grohl, John, 41, 228

Groveland (see First Garrote and Garrote), 136, 147, 151, 152, 154, 158, 163, 167, 168, 170, 173, 174, 176

Gulnac, William (Guillermo), 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Gulnac, Jose, 5, 6

Haggin Memorial Museum, 8, 21

Haight, Sarah, 193

Haler, Capt., 123

Hall, Ellen, 207, 208

Hall, Capt. Perry W., 208

Halsey, Abraham, 86, 244

Hamilton, Alva, 191, 195, 211

Hamilton, Johannah, 235, 236

Hamilton’s Flat, 155, 188

Hamilton’s Station, 194, 195, 235

Hammond, Major Richard P., 14

Hardin, James (“Johnny”), 202, 203, 204

Hardin’s Flat, 128, 202, 203, 317

Hardin Hill, 202

Harlan, Jacob Wright, 23, 36, 37

Harper, Charles L., 110, 114, 131, 135, 145, 146, 151, 164

Harris, A., 295

Harte, Bret, 55, 59, 178, 180, 183, 221

Hayes, Wilton R., 126

Hazel Green, 193, 221, 215, 216, 219, 244, 247, 251, 323

Hestres & Magendie, 29, 32

Hetch Hetchy, 107, 174, 188, 191, 192, 200, 201, 202, 228, 263

Hetch Hetchy Railroad, 107, 174, 197, 198

Hetch Hetchy Valley, 189, 191, 197, 207

Hodgdon, Jeremiah (“Jerry”), 51, 211, 216, 228, 231, 235

Hodgdon, Tom, 216

Hodgdon’s Ranch, 49

Hodgdon’s Station, 204, 211, 213, 214, 215,

Holmes, E. A., 298

Holmes, F. H., 298

“Horsethief Indians,” 5

Hudson’s Bay Company, 2, 4, 7, 142

Hurst, Billy, 221, 222, 224, 236

Hutchings, Florence, 278, 295

Hutchings, James Mason, 196, 204, 225, 240, 243, 245, 254, 255, 265, 271, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 280, 281, 283, 284, 295, 317

Hutchins, Joseph, 241

Ira Folsom Bridge, 254

Isbell, Dr. I. S., 11

Indian Canyon, 269, 289

Indian Creek, 262

Indian Falls, 262

Indian Tom, 287

Jackson, Col. A. M., 97, 98, 106

Jackson, Helen Hunt, 101, 107, 215, 271, 276, 277, 283, 285

Jacksonville, 64, 69, 94, 95, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 105, 107, 109, 287

Jacksonville Cemetery, 106

Jacksonville Hill, 95, 96, 104, 105, 106, 244

Jenkin’s Hill, 279

Jesús, José, 5, 6, 11, 26, 43, 49

Jesús, José: rancheria of, 45

Jones, Jot, 234

Jorgensen, Chris, 298

Kanaka Creek, 101, 107

Kassabaum, Charles, 187, 318, 319

Keeler’s Ferry, 28

Kelliher, Daniel, 21

Kelsey, David, 7

Kennedy, Charles T., 40

Keystone, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 214

Kirkwood, Alex, 119, 133

Kirkwood, Mrs. A., 118

Kirkwoods, 118, 132, 317

Kirtland, Harriet, 275, 282

Knight, Carmel, 22, 23, 24

Knight, William, 11, 22, 23, 24, 38

Knight’s Ferry, 2, 11, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 36, 38, 40, 43, 49, 78, 148, 195, 214, 287

Knight’s Ferry Bridge, 31, 49, 76

Knight’s Ferry Bridge road, 50

Knight’s Landing, 22

Kow, Oh, 30, 41

Lady Franklin, 208

Lady Franklin Rock, 283

Lake Teneya, 321, 322

Lampson, Dr. R. M., 54, 88, 134

Lamon, James, 277, 278, 279, 281, 295

Lane, Thomas W., 28

Larkin, Thomas O., 6, 67

Lassen, Peter, 5, 6

Le Conte, Prof. Joseph, 217

Leidig, Fred, 278, 279, 282, 287, 288, 290

Leidig, Isabel, 278, 288, 289, 290, 294

Leidig’s Hotel, 281, 286, 289, 290, 293, 296

Leidig’s Meadow, 296

Leonard, Zenas, 260, 261, 263, 264

Lincoln, A., 12

Linden, 18

Lindsay Point, 7

Lindsay, Thomas, 6, 10

Littlejohn Creek, 19

Little Cascade Creek, 262

Little Yosemite Creek, 321

Locke, Alex, 35

Locke & Company, 27

Locke Bridge, 31

Locke Dam, 42

Locke, David M., 17, 22, 23, 26, 29, 35

Locke, Elbridge G., 26, 135

Locke, Mary J., 32

Lodtmann, E., 39

Lodtmann, J., 39

Logan, Olive, 216, 235, 277

Los Angeles, 22

Lower Bridge, 201, 202

Lower Hotel, 275, 276, 282

Lower Trail, 224, 239

Lover’s Leap, 28

Lumsden, D., 188, 218, 319

Lumsden, J., 121, 153, 188, 201, 218

Maben, John R., 124

Mann, Houston, 322

Mann, Milton, 322

Mariposa, 282

Mariposa Battalion, 121, 122, 123, 265, 266, 268, 269, 271

Mariposa County, 82, 100, 121, 219, 220, 243, 244, 247, 321, 322

Mariposa Grove, 275, 276

Mariposa Indians, 293

Mariposa Military Road, 17

Mariposa Road, 18

Mariposa-Yosemite Trail, 275, 282

Markley, Rice, 252, 253

Marshall, James, 98

“Marshe,” John, 9

Masonic Hall, 38, 39, 40, 89

Masonic Order, 137

McCauley, James, 285, 286, 297

McCauley, Jules, 285

McCoy, 279

McGee, Torn, 127, 323

McLauflin, Lewis, 29, 32, 41

McLean, Dr. John T., 245, 248, 255, 257

McLeod Lake, 7

McPeters, John, 283

Mecartea, James, 77, 81, 90, 132, 133, 134, 145, 165

Merced Canyon, 220, 239, 279, 323

Merced Grove of Big Trees, 247, 263

Merced River, 246, 248, 253, 262, 264, 267, 274, 276, 279, 282, 283, 284, 285, 299, 322

Metson, Johnny, 99

Meyer, Dick, 153, 156, 173, 174, 228

Meyer, Henry, 153, 156, 228

Meyer, John D., 153, 156, 173, 232, 318

Micheltorena, Governor, 9

Military Road, 17, 19

Miller, Sol, 64, 65, 73, 88, 90

Mills, Gertrude (“Cozie”), 271, 272, 273, 278

Milton, 19, 21, 57, 317, 318, 319

Milton-Chinese Camp Road, 56, 57

Milton Road, 21

Mirror Lake, 292

Mission San Gabriel, 1

Miwok Indians, 113, 117, 126, 147, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161, 162, 164, 175, 178, 209, 210, 214, 215, 216, 293

Miwok Rancheria (Big Creek), 168, 176

Moccasin: settlement of, 57, 108, 112, 113, 114, 115,131

Moccasin Canyon, 115

Moccasin Creek, 81, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 120, 128, 244

Moccasin Hill, 109, 114, 116, 117, 132, 148, 185

Moccasin Creek Power House, 113

Moffitt’s Bridge, 106

Moffitt, J. H., 104, 105, 106

Moffitt’s Road, 107

Mokelumne Hill, 15

Mokelumne River, 11, 267

Mono Indians, 156, 160, 161, 195, 209, 210, 230, 238, 270, 271, 292, 293, 294

Mono Pass, 321

Mono Trail, 127, 207, 216, 219, 237, 241, 243, 250, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 286, 321, 323

Montezuma, 64, 74, 88, 315

Moraga, Ensign Gabriel, 1

Moraga, Lt. José Joaquin, 1

Morris, George, 75, 87

Morris, James, 75

Morris, Paul, 75, 105, 180, 199, 319, 320, 321

Morris, Saul, 75, 84, 89, 105, 319, 320

Mound Springs Road, 55, 59, 60, 63, 65, 71

Mount Bullion, 253

Mount Carmel Cemetery, 163

Mount Carmel Church, 136, 146, 164, 170

Mount Florence, 272

Mount Pleasant (Taylor Mountain), 62, 63

Mountain Pass, 55, 59

Mountain Pass Road, 55, 57

Mountain View House, 282, 285, 321

Muir, John, 194, 219, 222, 235, 238, 275, 276, 278, 280, 283, 286, 287

Murderer’s Gulch, 148, 149, 150

Murphy, John (Yosemite guide), 193

Murphy, John, 11

Murphy, Martin, 15

Murphy’s Camp, 11, 193

Murieta, Joaquin, 57, 80, 81, 82, 83, 192

Neal, John H., 275, 276

Neal, Mrs. John H., 282

Nevada Fall, 282, 283, 321

Nevada Stage Company, 318, 319

Nevills, Capt. W. A., 319

Nevills & Guerin Company, 319

Newhall, Daniel B., 113, 114, 115, 116, 244, 249, 250, 253

New Helvetia, 3

Nightingale, John, 18

Nightingale, Sarah, 18

Nightingale Station, 18, 48

Noble, Mr., 8

Noisy Flat, 109

Nolan, Daniel, 20

Nolan, Hannah, 21

Nolan, James, 20

Nolan, Luke, 20, 21

Oakland Recreation Camp, 201

Oak Grove Cemetery, 163, 164

O’Byrne, Patrick, or O. Byrne, Patrick, 58

O’Byrne’s Ferry, 56, 58, 59, 319

O’Byrne’s Ferry Bridge, 53

Odd Fellows, 42, 89, 90, 130, 136, 140, 141, 174, 176

Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, 90, 164

O’Farrell, Jasper, 12

O’Keefe, John, 206

“Old Village,” 286

Olive and Company, 318

O’Shaughnessy Dam, 106, 174, 200

Ostrander, 321

Owens House, 30

Pah Ute Indians, 192, 259

Palmer & Allen, 28

Pardee, George, 59

Pardee, Joe, 59

Paw, Huge, 267, 268

Pentland’s Vineyard, 26

Peregoy, Charles, 282, 285, 321

Picayune Gulch, 63

Pike, Nathan, 283

Pilot Peak, 263, 264

Pilot Peak Ridge, 244, 322

Pohono Bridge, 285, 287

Priest’s Grade, 108, 109, 112, 117, 118, 119

Priest’s Hill, 170, 251

Priests’ Resort (Station or Hotel), 108, 112, 114, 118, 119, 120, 121, 128, 188, 207, 218, 318, 321

Priest, William C., 118, 319

Priest, Mrs. William C., 119, 120

Prospect Point, 253

Protestant Cemetery, 90

Ralston, William, 193

Rancho Carmel, 22

Rancho del Campo de los Franceses, 4, 10

Rancho de Rio Estanislaus, 5, 21, 33

Rattlesnake Creek, 120, 121, 127, 140

Rattlesnake Grade or Hill, 114, 117

Reading, Pierson B., 11

Reynolds, James A., 8

Ribbon Creek (Virgins’ Tears), 260, 262, 322

Ribbon Falls, 262

Rico, Francisco, 5

Rio de los Reyes, 1

Rio de San Francisco, 1

Roberts, Thomas, 43

Rocca, Andrew, 144, 196, 250, 252

Rock River Road, 49, 50, 55, 219

Roosevelt, Theodore, 187, 297

Ruppel, Margaret, 22

Rush Creek, 190, 211, 212

Rushing Hill, 49

Rushing, William H., 50, 228

Ryan, William R., 13, 25

Sacramento River, 3, 5, 6, 22

Saint Joachim, 1

Saint Joseph’s Church, 20

Saint Xavier Church, 79, 90, 91

Sand Plains (French Camp), 8

San Francisco, 2, 10, 15, 27, 29, 87, 106, 113, 172, 196, 199, 229, 274, 287, 290, 299

San Franciso Bay, 9

San Joaquin County, 11

San Joaquin Plains, 189

San Joaquin River, 2, 3, 4, 9, 267

San Joaquin Valley, I, 2, 3, 5, 228, 262, 269, 322

San Jose, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11

Santa Maria, 204, 205, 206, 319

Savage, James D., 11, 97, 121, 122, 124, 264, 265, 267, 268, 269

Savage’s Diggings, 124

Screech, Joseph (“Joe”), 188, 189, 191, 192, 202

Screech, Nathan (“Nate”), 188, 189, 191

Screech, William (“Bill”), 19, 188

Seavey, 206

Seavey Gulch, 205

Second Garrote (see Garrotes), 78, 128, 165, 167, 168, 177, 178, 179, 181, 182, 183, 244

Sentinel Bridge, 276, 284, 286

Sentinel Hotel, 286

Sentinel Rock, 282, 286, 289

Sequoia, 205

Shawmut Grade, 68, 94, 95

Shell, Abraham, 29, 33, 39, 40

Shepley’s Flat (Red Flat), 93, 94, 315

Shepley Ranch, 86

Shepley, Robert, 75

Shine, John, 208, 318, 319

Shoup, Simon, 317, 318

Sierra Nevada, 3, 11, 210, 213, 232, 237, 260, 267, 269, 272, 288

Sierra Railroad, 53, 54, 59, 106, 319

Simmons, Robert, 131, 153, 320, 321

Sisson & Company, 317

Six Bit Gulch, 62, 63, 64, 67, 70, 71, 86

Six Mile Bar, 28

Siyakumma Indians, 2, 5

Skinner, J. G., 287

Skinner Hill, 101, 107

Slate Gulch, 121

Smart, 97

Smart, Ann E. F., 98

Smart, Julian and Julius, 98

Smart’s Gulch, 106

Smart, W. S., 98

Smith, Jedediah, 1, 2

Smith, John B., 187, 188, 192, 244

Snow, Albert, 89, 172, 282, 283

Snow Hotel (Casa Nevada), 283

Snow Creek, 261

Soldier Creek, 204, 210

Solinsky, Count W. H., 69, 73, 74, 88, 89, 90, 111, 247

Sonora (Stewart, Sonorian Camp), 17, 35, 54, 55, 82, 84, 97, 102, 115, 136, 137, 141, 147, 150, 183, 204, 205, 223, 252, 267, 319

Sonora Pass, 232

Sonora Trail Road, 18, 19, 21, 30, 44, 50,52, 55, 56, 59

Sonorian Camp, 97

Southern Mines, 1, 27, 31, 52, 70, 80, 99, 100, 257, 264, 315

Sovulewski, Gabriel, 297

Sprague, George E., 186, 188, 198, 206, 244, 248, 249, 250, 253, 321

Sprague’s Ranch (see also Smith, John), 244, 320

Spring Gulch, 121, 128

Stamper, D. B., 19

Stanislaus, 2

Stanislaus Bridge & Ferry Co., 31

Stanislaus County, 19, 30

“Stanislaus Index,” 31

Stanislaus Mills, 27, 29

Stanislaus River, 1, 2, 11, 18, 21, 23, 25, 28, 31, 49, 100, 228

St. John’s Cemetery, 151

Stent Road, 106

Stevens’ Bar, 101, 102, 103, 105, 107, 109, 170

Stevens, L. A., 60

Stevens Place, 60

Stevens, Murphy, Townsend Party, 15

Stevens, Simon, 101

Stewart (Sonora), 97

Stockton, 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 18, 23, 25, 27, 30, 36, 37, 48, 52, 57, 100, 115, 187, 193, 257, 264, 299, 317, 318

Stockton Channel, 6, 10

Stockton, Commodore Robert F., 14

Stockton Mining Company, 11

Stoneman Hotel, 241, 296

Strauss, Levi, 87, 88

Stuart, Leo E. (Stewart), 205, 206, 244

Stuart’s Flat, 205

Studebaker, John, 76

Sullivan, 11

Sullivan’s Creek, 11

Sutter, John A., 3, 6, 7, 9, 23, 123

Sutter’s Fort, 7, 11

Sutter’s Mill, 11

Sweetwater Flat, 201

Table Mountain, 53, 56, 59

Tamarack Creek, 234, 237, 238, 262

Tamarack Flat, 127, 194, 224, 225, 234, 235, 237, 239, 243, 244, 252, 317, 322

Tamarack House, 235, 236

Tannahill, Alex, 189, 190, 191

Tannahill, James, 156, 164, 175

Tapia, José, 22

Taylor, John (Judge), 64, 65

Taylor, Margaret, 64

Taylor Mountain, 62

Ten-ie-ya, 259, 260, 268, 269, 270, 271

“The Ferry Bee,” 31

“The Jumping Off Place,” 28

Thorpe, James, 49, 50

Three Brothers, 289

Tioga Road, 119, 153, 211, 213, 214, 223, 224

Todd, Alexander H., 99, 100

Todd & Co.’s Express, 100

Tong War, 61, 62, 71

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 12

Truckee River, 15

Tuleburgh (Stockton), 11, 12, 13

Tulloch Dam, 42

Tulloch, David W., 26, 32, 39, 41

Tulloch, Mrs. D. W., 44

Tulloch Mills, 42

Tuolumne County, 52, 196, 204, 205, 216, 220, 222, 243, 244, 250, 256, 320, 321

Tuolumne Grove of Big Trees, 188, 217, 247, 263

Tuolumne Meadows, 271

Tuolumne River, 101, 103, 105, 106, 120, 147, 154, 156, 188, 189, 197, 22.8, 244, 267

Tuolumne River, Middle Fork of, 197, 201, 202, 203

Tuolumne River, South Fork of, 193, 197, 198, 199, 201, 202, 203, 204, 207, 209, 213, 318, 320

Twelve Mile House, 19

Twenty Eight Mile House, 21

Twenty Six Mile (House), 20, 21

Two Mile Bar, 27, 28, 29, 31, 44, 50, 71

Tyseen, 14

Umpqua River, 2

Union Point, 285

Upper Bridge, 201, 204, 205

Upper Hotel, 276, 277

Vallejo, General Mariano Guadalupe, 2, 12, 23

Vantine, 29

Vernal Fall, 282, 283, 285

Voyle, George B., 34, 35, 38, 39, 40

Voyle, Lewis, 29

Walker, Joseph Reddeford, 3, 217, 259, 260, 261, 263, 264, 272

Ward’s Ferry, 147, 148, 151, 154

Wawona, 275, 296, 322

Wawona Road, 286, 298

Weber, Charles Marie, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 23

Weber’s Creek, 11

Weber, Ellen, 15

Weber’s Point, I 0

Wells, Fargo and Company, 40, 73, 87, 88, 89, 93, 129, 130, 136, 143, 169

Wells, Sam, 290, 291

Westfall, 321

West’s Warehouse, 93, 94, 152

White, Sol, 283

White & Hatch’s, 322

Whitney, Josiah D., 219, 224, 237, 248, 252, 281

Wiggins, W. L., 6

Wild Cat Creek, 262

Williams, James, 6, 10

Williams, Lewis, 30, 31

Willms, John R., 24, 29

Willow Springs Creek, 49

Willow Springs Road, 49, 50, 52, 55, 228

Wolfskill, John, 24

Woodruff, Mrs. John, 153, 164, 208

Woods Creek, 11, 68, 70, 93, 95, 96, 97, 102, 104, 106, 244

Woods, David, 236

Woods, Rev. James, 11, 14, 78, 97

Workman-Rowland Party, 6, 22

Wyman, George F., 7

Yachekos (Indians), 6

Young, Ewing: expedition of, 2, 3

Yosemite (Yo Semite or Yosemite Valley), 1, 36, 59, 65, 89, 96, 106, 113, 118, 132, 136, 172, 180, 188, 190, 192, 193, 194, 197, 201, 204, 207, 208, 213, 215, 218, 219, 220, 223, 224, 225, 231, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 243, 244, 248, 249, 257, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 267, 268, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 278, 279, 281, 287, 298, 317, 318, 319, 320, 322, 323

Yosemite Creek, 237, 259, 262, 280, 283, 292, 322

Yosemite Grant, 244, 278

Yosemite Indians, 266, 269, 270, 271, 292, 293

Yosemite Lodge, 296

Yosemite National Park, 153, 190, 204, 213, 214, 222, 230, 240, 298, 299, 321

Yosemite Park Commissioners, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 250, 275, 278

Yosemite Short Line, 106

Yo Semite Stage Line, 317

Yo Semite Trail, 244

Yosemite Turnpike Road Company, 75, 115, 224, 245, 248

Yosemite Valley, indexed under Yosemite or Yo Semite

Yosemite Valley Railroad, 299