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Identifier: dewittsguidetoce00dewi (find matches)
Title: De Witt's guide to central California; an illustrated and descriptive hand-book for tourists and strangers ..
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: De Witt, Frederic M
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Publisher: San Francisco, F.M. De Witt
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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the world. The plans of Mon. E.Benard, of Paris, were selected out of 105 submitted,and a prize of $10,000 awarded him. The University was established by an act of the stateLegislature that met in Monterey, September, 1849. Thiswas the same Legislature that sought the admission ofCalifornia into the Union. Dr. Henry Durants Collegeof California in Oakland was moulded into the Univer-sity of California in 1867. There are many affiliated colleges in connection withthe University of California. The Institute for the Deaf,Dumb, and Blind near by; Lick Observatory, on Mt.Hamilton (130); Mark Hopkins Institute of Art (16); Wil-merding Polytechnic School, and the Colleges of Law,Dentistry, Medicine, and Veterinary, located in SanFrancisco (14). A new college, that of commerce, hasrecently been created, and a commercial museum isbeing established. Strawberry Creek flows through the grounds. The Institute for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind beingan educational institution as well, is endowed by the
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Map showing various railroads between San Francisco, San Jose,Santa Cruz, and Monterey. 126 SOUVENIR AND GUIDE State. The several buildings are just to the south of theUniversity grounds. Get off electric cars at Parkerstreet. School between 8 and i oclock. Entrance canbe had any day. COAST LINE BROAD GAUGE Out of San Francisco, via Third and Townsend Streets. After a short run of ten minutes Valencia streetstation is reached We then commence to pass throughthe suburbs, passing on the right the Branch City Jails,and going through a rich vegetable and pasturage dis-trict, where in spring the eschscholtzia (California poppy)grows in great abundance. From Ocean View adistant view of the glorious old Pacific Ocean can beseen breaking on the beach. Laguna Honda, one ofSan Franciscos water reservoirs, can also be seen. Theseveral cemeteries are passed on the left. TanforanRacing Grounds are now passed, and the trip is contin-ued on down the west side of the bay and on into theSanta Clara Va

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