California Was Built ~Esther Maddux Tennent ~ Maddux family pioneers ~ Modesto History ~ Lafayette & John Parker Maddux ~ San Joaquin Valley

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Title: California Was Built

Author: Esther Maddux Tennent

Description: The story of the Maddux family, San Joaquin Valley, California pioneers, written by Esther Maddux Tennent (1884-1979). The author's grandfather, John Parker Maddux, came to California by wagon train in 1857, on which a late route change prevented their becoming victims of the Mountain Meadows massacre. The stories of her grandfather and the wagon train, the life of her father Judge Lafayette Jackson Maddux (1854-1941), and several other early San Joaquin Valley settlers are told in this interesting volume of California history. Includes a chapter describing her father's relations with Chinese immigrant Ma Chuey Wing and notes that he had many Chinese clients in Modesto.

First Edition stated. Boards in maroon cloth with gold title on spine. Light soiling to front cover. Interior is clean and unmarked. 178 pages.


Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good

Publisher: Vantage Press
Place: New York | Washington | Hollywood
Year: 1965

Keywords: pioneers, history, biography, Modesto, Sonoma, Parker Maddux, Mountain Meadows massacre, Lafayette Jackson Maddux, San Joaquin Valley,

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