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Here are some full-text Google books that have information about a founding California family or person:
Famous American Fortunes and the Men who Have Made Them by Laura Carter Holloway (1885) has a chapter on James Flood starting at page 124..
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Chinese Immigrants, African Americans, and Racial Anxiety in the United States, 1848-82 by 
The Infamous King of the Comstock: William Sharon And The Gilded Age In The West by 
The Bonanza King by 
Bear Flag Rising by 
Levi Strauss: the man who gave blue jeans to the world by 
The Associates by 
Game Changers by 
American Disruptor: The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford by 
Industrial Cowboys: Miller & Lux and the transformation of the Far West, 1850-1920 by Industrial Cowboys: Miller & Lux and the transformation of the Far West, 1850-1920 by The Infamous King of the Comstock: William Sharon And The Gilded Age In The West by 
Wells Fargo by 
Adolph Sutro: King of the Comstock Lode and Mayor of San Francisco by 
San Francisco's West Portal Neighborhoods by 
San Francisco's Lost Landmarks by 
Fascinating True Tales from Old California by 
The Force of a Feather by 
The Humanity Archive: Recovering the Soul of Black History From a Whitewashed American Myth by 
Women Trailblazers of California by 
The Wilder Muir: The Curious Nature of John Muir by 
The Wild Muir: : twenty-two of John Muir's greatest adventures by 
A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir by 
California History-Makers by 
Junípero Serra : California, Indians, and the Transformation of a Missionary by 
Converting California : Indians and Franciscans in the missions by 
Religion in Latin America by The little flowers of St. Francis of Assisi in the first English translation
The Medieval World View by 
Francis of Assisi: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Saint by The Beginnings of San Francisco: From the Expedition of Anza, 1774, to the City Charter of April 15, 1850 by 
San Francisco's Potrero Hill by California heritage : an anthology of history and literature by Fascinating True Tales from Old California by 
Nothing Like It in the World by California History-Makers by 
Eyewitness to the American West by The Associates by The Associates by 
Sunset Limited by Nothing Like It in the World by 
The Human Tradition in California by 
Building San Francisco's Parks, 1850-1930 by 
The Sutter Family and the Origins of Gold Rush Sacramento by 
The Campaign of the Century by 
The Land of Orange Groves and Jails by 
Archy Lee's Struggle for Freedom : The True Story of California Gold, the Nation’s Tragic March Toward Civil War, and a Young Black Man’s Fight for Liberty by 
Voices of American Indian Assimilation and Resistance by 
The Newspaper Warrior: Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins's Campaign for American Indian Rights, 1864-1891 by 
The Literature of California by 
The Troubled Life of Peter Burnett: Oregon Pioneer and First Governor of California by The Literature of California by 
California's Frontier Naturalists by 
Fight in the Fields by 
Sal Si Puedes (Escape If You Can) by 
A Dolores Huerta Reader by Women Trailblazers of California by 
500 Years of Chicana Women's History / 500 años de la Mujer Chicana by 
California Women and Politics by 
Pio Pico: The Last Governor of Mexican California by Don Pío Pico's Historical Narrative by The California gold discovery; sources, documents, accounts, and memoirs relating to the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill by The Associates by Bear Flag Rising by 
The Public City: the political construction of urban life in San Francisco, 1850-190 by These books are found in the PLS catalog and are not located at Cañada College .
California Biographical Dictionary
