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This history of Contra Costa County should prove to be the most complete compilation of local chronicles that has up to this time been offered to the citizens of one of the loveliest counties in the United States. The authenticity of the facts contained in the various articles is as absolute as the utmost care could make it. The data have been procured from the best-known authorities, and the biographical sketches, when completed, were subjected to the most searching examination for verification and correction.
by Frederick Edward Grey Ponsonby (baron Sysonby), Sir Frederick Edward Grey Ponsonby
1920
by Allen Griffith Philips, Chester Gibbs Starr, Donald Orrin Thompson, Otto Frederick Hunziker, Purdue University. Agricultural Experiment Station, W. R. Palmer
1913
Authoritative guide to everything in print about lawmen and the lawless—from Billy the Kid to the painted ladies of frontier cow towns. Nearly 2,500 entries, taken from newspapers, court records, and more.