California Fan Palm

 

California Fan Palm
from the California Horticulturalist and Floral Magazine,
1870

See California Fan Palm on page 223.

Floods of 1861-1862

 Is it bad to want this much water?

From the History of Alameda County, 1878

The Continuance and Severity of Winter Rains 1862 reports on the flooding all over California.

The Smithsonian reported on "California Megaflood: Lessons from a Forgotten Catastrophe".