John G. Parke. From San Francisco Bay to the Plains of Los Angeles. 1861 Priscilla Susan Falkner Bury highlighting the interconnectedness of the

highlighting the interconnectedness of the two regions in terms of trade and migration

Plate XCII

Having spent 225

His plan was to create 10 new states – using rivers and latitudinal lines as boundaries – that would be equal in stature to the original 13 states

in return for a lump sum payment of $700 and an annual pension of $600 for twenty-one years

John G. Parke. From San Francisco Bay to the Plains of Los Angeles. 1861 Priscilla Susan Falkner Bury highlighting the interconnectedness of theLieut. John G. Parke From San Francisco Bay to the Plains of Los Angeles 1854 1855 1861 (pub.) Washington D. C. Sheet size: approx. 28. 5 x 35" This is a highly detailed early land survey map of Southern and Central California from Los Angeles to San Francisco. The work is a culmination of two years worth of surveying potential routes for a Pacific Railroad that would link all major cities and settlements along the west coast with transcontinental