California -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Francis S. and Patricia L. Landrum Collection
Collection
Identifier: SHL016
Abstract
The collection focuses on Modoc Indians and the Modoc War of 1872-1873, John Charles Frémont's Second and Third Expeditions to the American West, and U.S. Supreme Court litigation between California and Nevada about a boundary dispute. Francis S. “Van” Landrum was a businessman, registered engineer and land surveyor in Klamath Falls, Oregon as well as a noted amateur historian and author.
Dates:
1872-1986
Laurence L. Shaw's Francis Drake Controversy Collection
Collection
Identifier: SHL187
Abstract
Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral (1540-1596), was a pre-eminent English navigator, politician, and civil engineer of the Elizabethan age. Collection contains stories on the hoax, concerning his brass plate, supposedly found in San Francisco in 1936.
Dates:
1953-1977