Emma Adams, Trips to California, 1880s

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Visiting Southern California in 1884 and 1886, Emma Adams was a resident of Cleveland, Ohio. This database is a collection of travel letters penned by her and originally published in a Cleveland newspaper. Researchers will find detailed descriptions of area schools, agriculture, irrigation projects, and commentary on the social status of local women. Although she includes accounts of traveling by rail through New Mexico and Arizona, she focuses on Los Angeles, Anaheim, Pasadena, and San Pedro. For those wishing to understand the culture and commerce of Southern California in the 1880s, this database can provide a rich and detailed picture.

Sources Library of Congress. California As I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years. Vol. 102. [database on-line] Washington: Library of Congress, 1999. Adams, Emma H. To and Fro in Southern California. New York: Armo Press, 1887.

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