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1. San Bernardino Ranch, Ariz.: John R. Bartlett, Personal Narrative... (New York, 1854); Frank C. Lockwood, Pioneer Days in Arizona—From the Spanish Occupation to Statehood (Tucson, 1932); J. J. Wagoner, "History of the Cattle Industry in Southern Arizona, 1540-1940," University of Arizona Bulletin, Social Science Bulletin No. 20 (Tucson, 1952); Rufus K. Wyllys, Arizona—The History of a Frontier State (Phoenix, 1950).

2. Sierra Bonita Ranch, Ariz.: Will C. Barnes, Arizona Place Names (Tucson, 1960); Bert Haskett, "Early History of the Cattle Industry in Arizona," Arizona Historical Review, VI (1935); Richard J. Hinton, The Hand-Book of Arizona (San Francisco, 1878); Edward H. Peplow, Jr., History of Arizona (3 vols., New York, 1958), II; Wagoner, "History of the Cattle Industry in Southern Arizona."

3. Tombstone, Ariz.: Walter N. Burns, Tombstone—An Iliad of the Southwest (New York, 1929); Historic American Buildings Survey, National Park Service, 30 photos, 7 sheets (1937); Aubrey Neasham, "Special Report on the Proposed National Historic Site of Tombstone, Arizona," MS Report, National Park Service (1941); John M. Myers, The Last Chance—Tombstone's Early Years (New York, 1950); L. D. Walters, Tombstone's Yesterdays (Tucson, 1928).

4. Bodie, Calif.: Ella M. Cain, The Story of Bodie (San Francisco, 1956); Harold Kirker, California's Architectural Frontier (San Marino, Calif., 1960); Rodman W. Paul, California Gold—The Beginning of Mining in the Far West (Cambridge, 1947); Muriel S. Wolle, The Bonanza Trail—Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of the West (Bloomington, Ind., 1953).

5. Coloma, Calif.: John W. Caughey, Gold is the Cornerstone (Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1948); William S. Greever, The Bonanza West—The Story of the Western Mining Rushes, 1848-1900 (Norman, Okla., 1963); Aubrey Neasham, "Sutter's Sawmill," California Historical Society Quarterly, XXVI (1947); Rodman W. Paul, Mining Frontiers of the Far West, 1848-1880 (New York, 1963), and California Gold; Hero E. Rensch, "Marshall Gold Discovery State Park, Coloma, California—A Preliminary Research Study, 1852-1865," California Division of Beaches and Parks mimeographed report (Sacramento, 1962).

6. Columbia, Calif.: Historic American Buildings Survey, National Park Service, 18 photographs, 13 sheets (1934-36); Kirker, California's Architectural Frontier; Paul, California Gold; Lyle F. Perusse "Gothic Revival in California, 1850-1890," Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, XIV, No. 3 (October 1955); Elizabeth G. Potter, "Columbia, Gem of the Southern Mines," California Historical Society Quarterly, XXIV (September 1945); Wolle, Bonanza Trail.

7. New Almaden, Calif.: Edgar H. Bailey, "The New Almaden Quicksilver Mines," Geologic Guidebook of the San Francisco Bay Counties, Bulletin 154, Division of Mines (San Francisco, 1951); Hubert H. Bancroft, History of California (7 vols., San Francisco, 1884-90), VI and VII; Donald C. Brown, "The New Almaden Quicksilver Mines," unpublished MA Thesis, San Jose State College, Calif. (1958); Kenneth M. Johnson, The New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, with an Account of the Land Claims Involving the Mine and Its Role in California History (Los Gatos, Calif., 1963); Paul, California Gold; Henry W. Splitter, "Quicksilver at New Almaden, Pacific Historical Review, XXVI (1957).

8. Old United States Mint, Calif.: A History of Public Buildings Under the Control of the Treasury Department (Washington, 1901); A. L. Himmelwright, The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire (New York, 1906); John A. Hussey, "Old United States Mint Building, San Francisco, California," MS Report, National Park Service (1956); Kirker, California's Architectural Frontier; Benjamin E. Lloyd, Lights and Shades in San Francisco (San Francisco, 1876); George Tays, "The First United States Branch Mint in California," California State Registered Historical Landmark Series No. 87 (Berkeley, 1936).

9. Sutter's Fort, Calif.: Bancroft, History of California, IV and V; Paul C. Phillips, The Fur Trade (2 vols., Norman, Okla., 1961), II; James P. Zollinger, Sutter—The Man and His Empire (New York, 1939).

10. Warner's Ranch, Calif.: Robert G. Cleland, Cattle on a Thousand Hills (San Marino, Calif., 1941); Roscoe P. and Margaret B. Conkling, The Butterfield Overland Mail, 1857-1869 (3 vols., Glendale, Calif., 1947), II; Joseph J. Hill, The History of Warner's Ranch (Los Angeles, 1927); J. J. Warner, "Reminiscenses of Early California, 1831-1846," Annual Publications, 1907-08, Historical Society of Southern California (Los Angeles, 1909).

11. Central City, Colo.: Caroline Bancroft, Historic Central City (Denver, 1953); Muriel S. Wolle, Stampede to Timberline—The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Colorado (Boulder, 1949).

12. Cripple Creek, Colo.: Wolle, Stampede to Timberline.

13. Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Line, Colo.: Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg, Narrow Gauge in the Rockies (Berkeley, 1958); David L. Hieb, "Preliminary Report, Narrow Gauge Railroad, Colorado," MS Report, National Park Service (1959); Stewart H. Holbrook, Story of American Railroads (New York, 1947).

14. Leadville, Colo.: Wolle, Stampede to Timberline.

15. Silverton-Telluride Mining District, Colo.: Wolle, Stampede to Timberline; Works Progress Administration (WPA), Colorado—Guide to the Highest State (New York, 1941).

16. United States Assay Office, Idaho: John A. Hussey, "Former U.S. Assay Office, 210 Main Street, Boise, Idaho," mimeographed report, National Park Service (1961), and "Building Most Valuable—The Story of the Idaho Assay Office," Idaho Yesterdays, V, No. 1 (1961); Greever, Bonanza West; Dorothy O. Johansen and Charles M. Gates, Empire of the Columbia (New York, 1957); Paul, Mining Frontiers.

17. Bannack, Mont.: Wolle, Bonanza Trail.

18. Butte, Mont.: Joseph Kinsey Howard, Montana—High, Wide, and Handsome (New Haven, 1943).

19. Fort Benton, Mont.: Hiram M. Chittenden, History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River (New York, 1903); Paul F. Sharp, Whoop-Up Country (Minneapolis, 1955).

20. Grant-Kohrs Ranch, Mont.: Merrill G. Burlingame, The Montana Frontier (Helena, 1942); Larry Gill, "From Butcher Boy to Beef King—the Gold Camp Days of Conrad Kohrs," Montana, The Magazine of Western History (Spring 1958); Louis Pelzer, The Cattleman's Frontier (Glendale, Calif., 1936); Mari Sandoz, The Cattlemen (New York, 1958).

21. Virginia City, Mont.: Wolle, Bonanza Trail.

22. Virginia City, Nev.: Myron Angel, History of Nevada, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers (Oakland, 1881), reprinted with an introduction by David F. Myrick (Berkeley, 1958); Greever, Bonanza West; Olaf T. Hagen, "Report on Planning for the Preservation and Development of Virginia City, Nevada," MS Report, National Park Service (1940); Oscar Lewis, Silver Kings—the Life and Times of Mackay, Fair, Flood, and O'Brien, Lords of the Nevada Comstock Lode (New York, 1947); Eliot Lord, Comstock Mining and Miners, U.S. Geological Survey, Monographs, IV (Washington, 1883), reprinted with an introduction by David F. Myrick (Berkeley, 1959); George D. Lyman, Ralston's Ring—California Plunders the Comstock Lode (New York, 1937); Paul, Mining Frontiers; Grant H. Smith, The History of the Comstock Lode, 1850-1920, University of Nevada Bulletin, XXXVII, No. 3, Geology and Mining Series No. 37 (Reno, 1943); Cecil G. Tilton, William Chapman Ralston, Courageous Builder (Boston, 1935); Mark Twain, Roughing It (Hartford, 1872); William Wright (Dan De Quille, pseud.), The Big Bonanza: An Authentic Account of the Discovery, History, and Working of the World-Renowned Comstock Lode of Nevada (San Francisco, 1876), reprinted under the title The Big Bonanza, Oscar Lewis, ed. (New York, 1947).

23. Deadwood, S. Dak.: Wolle, Bonanza Trail.

24. JA Ranch, Tex.: Harley T. Burton, A History of the JA Ranch (Austin, 1928); J. Evetts Haley, Charles Goodnight, Cowman and Plainsman (Norman, Okla., 1949); L. F. Sheffy, "The Old Home Ranch Site," Panhandle-Plains Historical Review, XIX (1946).

25. King Ranch, Tex.: Frank Goodwyn, Life on the King Ranch (New York, 1951); Tom Lea, The King Ranch (2 vols., Boston, 1957).

26. Swan Land and Cattle Company Headquarters, Wyo.: Robert H. Burns et al., Wyoming's Pioneer Ranches (Laramie, 1955); John Clay, My Life on the Range (Norman, Okla., 1962).

27. Tom Sun Ranch, Wyo.: John K. Rollinson, Wyoming Cattle Trails (Caldwell, Idaho, 1948).

28. Old Sacramento, Calif.: Joseph A. Baird, Jr., "The Architectural Legacy of Sacramento," California Historical Society Quarterly, XXXIX, No. 3 (September 1960); Bancroft, History of California, VI; Roy S. Bloff, Pony Express—The Great Gamble (Berkeley, 1959); Carroll D. Hall and Hero E. Rensch, Old Sacramento—A Report on its Significance to the City, State, and Nation, with Recommendations for the Preservation and Use of its Principal Historical Structures and Sites, in Parts I, II, and III, California Division of Beaches and Parks (Sacramento, 1958-60); Kirker, California's Architectural Frontier; Aubrey Neasham, "Old Sacramento, Inventory of Historical Buildings," Historical Report No. 2, California Division of Beaches and Parks (Sacramento, 1962); Paul, California Gold and Mining Frontiers.

29. Lincoln, N. Mex.: Charles F. Coan, A History of New Mexico (3 vols., Chicago, 1925), I; Emerson Hough, The Story of the Cowboy (New York, 1924); William A. Keleher, Violence in Lincoln County, 1869-1881 (Albuquerque, 1957); Ralph Emerson Twitchell, The Leading Facts of New Mexico History (2 vols., Cedar Rapids, 1914).

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