Jack London—popular author, avid traveler, and vocal socialist—left two legacies to the world: his writings and his Beauty Ranch. After the destruction of the Wolf House, the Beauty Ranch became Jack London's main interest.

Comments on why archaeologists should tell stories about sites. Character of archaeological sites; Why archaeologists are suitable persons for telling stories about sites; How an archaeologist writes up an archaeological excavation; Disadvantages of s . . .

By 1855 four of the five Chinese District Associations in California had offices and boarding houses in Sacramento on I Street between Fifth and Sixth. Agents of these Chinese Associations nurtured important reciprocal relationships with Sacramento bu . . .

As the inlet pipe was ceremoniously opened, filling the long awaited reservoir for the very first time, the Vasco Adobe disappeared beneath the waters of the Los Vaqueros Reservoir. Built in the 1850s by a group of rough Basque cattle ranchers, the ad . . .

Reviews the book 'Many Inventions: The Chinese in the Rocks, 1890-1930,' by Jane Lydon.