Table of Contents
The
Road to Cherokee: A California Epic by
Mary Ray King
Historical novel of families who traveled by wagon and
settled in Cherokee
List of Illustrations • vi
Foreword by Jean Whiles • ix
Preface • xiii
Acknowledgements • xv
Mary Ray King Biography by Nancy Leek • xvii
Introduction by Ron Womack and Josie Reifschneider-Smith • xxvii
Editorial Note • l
Part One
The Overland Trail 1857 • 3
Part Two
‘O Pioneers 1858 • 41
Part Three
The Tragic Decade 1860-1870 • 83
Part Four
The Hydraulic Era 1870-1884 • 145
Part Five
Be It Remembered 1874 • 211
Part Six
Today Is Tomorrow 1876-1884 • 265
Afterword • 343
Association for Northern California Historical Research • 348
