BOX 1: WINKLEY BIOGRAPHY of PIERSON B. READING
1.1: STAFF RESEARCH FILE
-"Pierson B. Reading" in A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California Chicago, Lewis Publishing Company, 1891, pp. 791-792. [photocopy]
1.2: JOHN W. WINKLEY. "MAJOR PIERSON BARTON READING, CALIFORNIA PIONEER," CHAPT. 1-3
Preface.......................................i-ii
Chapter 1. Life in New Jersey and Mississippi...1
Chapter 2. The Reading Overland Diary, Part one...5
Chapter 3. The Reading Diary, Part two.18
1.3: JOHN W. WINKLEY. "MAJOR PIERSON BARTON READING, CALIFORNIA PIONEER," CHAPT. 4-8
Chapter 4. In Old Monterey.............29
Chapter 5. Clerk for Sutter............35
Chapter 6. Trapper and Explorer........42
Chapter 7. The Bear Flag Republic......47
Chapter 8. The California Battalion....53
1.4: JOHN W. WINKLEY. "MAJOR PIERSON BARTON READING, CALIFORNIA PIONEER," CHAPT. 9-12
Chapter 9. The Gold Digger.............61
Chapter 10. Rancho Buena Ventura.......68
Chapter 11. Reading, the Citizen.......73
Chapter 12. Reading, the Indian Agent..81
1.5: JOHN W. WINKLEY. "MAJOR PIERSON BARTON READING, CALIFORNIA PIONEER," CHAPT. 13-15
Chapter 13. Marriage to Fannie Washington...90
Chapter 14, Home and Ranch.............101
Chapter 15. Business Ventures.........111
1.6: JOHN W. WINKLEY. "MAJOR PIERSON BARTON READING, CALIFORNIA PIONEER," CHAPT. 16-17; NOTES
Chapter 16. Nature Lover..............117
Chapter 17. Journey's Ending...........124
Notes..............................132-145