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(California; San Joaquin County) Ellis, Wilson R. (editor). THE RESOURCES OF SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY CALIFORNIA. A REVIEW OF ITS AGRICULTURAL, MANUFACTURING AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS. ADDRESSED PARTICULARLY TO THE STRANGER WHO WISHES TO KNOW IN WHAT PORTION OF CALIFORNIA HE MAY FIND COMBINED THOSE ADVANTAGES IN CLIMATE, LOCATION AND SOIL, THAT WOULD DETERMINE THE FIXING OF HIS NEW HOME. Edited by Wilson R. Ellis, Stockton, Cal. 1886. [cover title]. San Francisco: Bacon & Company, Printers, 1886. 23x15 cm (octavo), pp. [1-5] 6-64, illustrations, 2 double-page maps, one in color, publisher's blue wrappers printed in black, sewn. First edition. A rare promotional for San Joaquin county with emphasis on economic opportunities for the small farmer. The maps are: "Map of the County of San Joaquin," a colored lithograph printed in San Francisco by Britton & Rey, showing the location of various types of soil found in the county (adobe, clay loam, etc.) and "Map of the San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada R R with its Rail & Water Connections." Incorporated in 1882, the San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada Railroad was a 3-foot narrow-gauge railroad built by local farmers and businessmen who were frustrated by the Southern Pacific monopoly and wanted a way to ship wheat to San Francisco Bay Area ports without relying on the port of Stockton. It operated from 1885 to 1888 between the Mokeumne River and the Sierra foothills east of Lodi before being absorbed into the Southern Pacific Railroad. Rocq (1970) 12999. Not in the Norris catalogue. A very good copy. OCLC reports 5 copies. (#179123).

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