Jedediah Smith/the First Trip To California 1826%e2%80%931827

Famous quotes containing the words smith, trip and/or california:

    I can’t forgive my friends for dying; I don’t find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing.
    —Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946)

    It’s like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
    —E.L. (Edgar Lawrence)

    Resorts advertised for waitresses, specifying that they “must appear in short clothes or no engagement.” Below a Gospel Guide column headed, “Where our Local Divines Will Hang Out Tomorrow,” was an account of spirited gun play at the Bon Ton. In Jeff Winney’s California Concert Hall, patrons “bucked the tiger” under the watchful eye of Kitty Crawhurst, popular “lady” gambler.
    —Administration in the State of Colo, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)