Reminiscences of a ranger

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Horace Bell (1830-1918) left Indiana to seek gold in California. In 1852, he moved to Los Angeles and later became involved in American filibustering in Latin America and saw service in the Union Army before returning to Los Angeles after the Civil War to become a lawyer and newspaper publisher. Reminiscences of a ranger (1881) includes anecdotes of Bell's experiences as a Los Angeles Ranger pursuing Joaquin Murietta in 1853, a soldier of fortune in Latin America, a Union officer in the Civil War, and a Los Angeles newspaper editor. He provides lively ancedotes of Los Angeles and its residents under Mexican and American rule, emphasizing cowboys and criminals and native Americans. Throughout, Bell gives special attention to the fate of Hispanic Californians and Native Americans under the United States regime. For another collection of Bell's reminiscences, see On the old west coast (1930).

subjects: Frontier and pioneer life,  Biography,  History,  Gold discoveries,  Business,  Law and politics,  Mines and mineral resources,  Violence,  Mounted police,  Ethnic groups,  Pioneers,  Zamorano 80,  Frontier and pioneer life, california,  Law,  Los angeles (calif.), history,  Los angeles (calif.), biography,  Commerce

People: Horace Bell (1830-1918)

Places: California,  Los Angeles Region,  Southern California,  Los Angeles Region (Calif.)

Times: 19th century