Pioneer Tales Of San Bernardino County PDF Download

Excerpt from History of San Bernardino Valley: From the Padres to the Pioneers, 1810-1851 History may be compared to a skein of tangled threads, gathered here and there. After a time, often many years, these strands are taken up, straightened and woven into a fabric that may satisfy the weaver - for the story is not of his day. So, as the present weaves the story of the past, it prepares the web of its own story, for the future to weave. The shears of Atropos never rust. These brief chapters of the history of San Bernardino Val ley have been prepared by Father Caballeria with the sole purpose of preserving some historical facts that are in dan ger of being overlooked and forgotten. The later days have many chroniclers, but of events prior to American colonization nothing has been written. These events form an important link in the historical chain; they provide a starting point, be yond which there is no record, no tradition. As the early history of San Bernardino Valley is inter woven with mission history, it is well to outline the principal events preceding the first settlement of the valley. This will cover briefly the Spanish occupation of California and what is known as the missionary era. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.