CARMEL MISSION (RESTORED) 620 TWILIGHT, MONTEREY BAY 621 SAN CARLOS CHURCH 624 OLD MEXICAN JAIL 630 FISHING VILLAGE 636 ANCIENT CYPRESS AT CYPRESS POINT 637 STATUE OF JUNÍPERO SERRA 638 OLD MEXICAN CUSTOM-HOUSE 641 ANCIENT ADOBE CABIN, MONTEREY 642 LOS ANGELES BELLS OF SAN GABRIEL 647 SAN DIEGO MISSION, FOUNDED 1769 649 THE PUEBLO OF LOS ANGELES. EARLY SPANISH PLAN 653 Suertes from C. to E. DON PIO PICO 655 The Last Mexican Governor. DON ANTONIO F. CORONEL, WITH SPANISH CANNON BROUGHT TO SAN DIEGO BY SERRA IN 1769 657 THE OLD PLAZA CHURCH, LOS ANGELES 659 A TYPICAL COTTAGE 663 JOHN C. FRÉMONT 666 OLD ADOBE, FRÉMONT'S HEADQUARTERS 671 FIRST STAGE IN THE ASCENT OF MT. LOWE, CONNECTING WITH ELECTRIC ROAD ON ECHO MOUNTAIN 673 A MODERN RESIDENCE 677 STATE NORMAL SCHOOL 679 THE COURT HOUSE, LOS ANGELES 681 IMPROVED HARBOR OF SAN PEDRO, PORT OF LOS ANGELES 683 [Illustration] INTRODUCTION BY REUBEN G. THWAITES The first two volumes of this series--those devoted to the historic towns of New England and the Middle States--dealt with communities each group of which has had for the most part a common origin, has progressed along practically parallel lines, and possesses characteristics closely akin. The volume upon the towns of the South brought closely to view the cosmopolitan character of the population which has settled our continent to the South and Southwest of the Appalachian wall. The stories of Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Charleston, Savannah, and St. Augustine bring into view widely-different origins, experiences, and interests along a single stretch of coast; while Mobile and New Orleans, Knoxville, Nashville, and Louisville, Vicksburg and Little Rock, are groups representing chapters in our history which appear to have but slight connection save in the view of those who have closely studied the mainsprings of American development.