Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Banking in California, 1849-1910
California is characterized by many important features, some of which are quite unique.
It is the first and only one of the public land States to be admitted into the Union without previous territorial proba tion.
Thirty States preceded her into such admission, the last twelve of which had been previously classed as territories.
Her climatic conditions are peculiar, with marked divi sions between the wet and dry seasons, the prevalence of rain in some sections in the winter season and its absence in other sections.
It was the first State to uncover gold deposits on a large scale, and to assist in such developments in adjacent States and Territories.
It was the first State to discover cinnabar deposits in pay ing quantity, and has ever since been the country's chief source of quicksilver supply, as well as a prominent factor in the world's supply of that metal.
It has long been distinguished by the variety of its soil and mineral products.
In addition to all temperate zone fruits, it leads all other States in its semi-tropical and tropical varieties.
It has a record for the finest wheat and the largest barley crops of the country.
It was the first to give encouragement to the beet sugar industry and has the largest beet sugarie in the Union.
As a grape grower, raisin maker and wine producer it is without a rival on the continent.
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