Poston, Charles D. (Charles Debrille), 1825-1902 / 2008-07-26 00:00:00
EBOOK BUILDING A STATE IN APACHE LAND ***
Produced by David Starner, Garrett Alley and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team
BUILDING A STATE IN APACHE LAND
* * * * *
From articles of Charles D. Poston in the _Overland Express_
* * * * *
1894
* * * * *
I
How the Territory Was Acquired
In San Francisco in the early fifties, there was a house on the
northeast corner of Stockton and Washington, of considerable
architectural pretensions for the period, which was called the
"Government Boarding House."
The cause of this appellation was that the California senators and their
families, a member of Congress and his wife, the United States marshal,
and several lesser dignitaries of the Federal Government, resided there.
In those early days private mansions were few; so the boarding-house
formed the only home of the Argonauts.
After the ladies retired at night, the gentlemen usually assembled in
the spacious parlor, opened a bottle of Sazerac, and discussed politics.
It was known to the senators that the American minister in Mexico had
been instructed to negotiate a new treaty with Mexico for the
acquisition of additional territory; not that there was a pressing
necessity for more land, but for reasons which will be briefly stated:
1st.
Read more
Parts:
1
2
3
4
5