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CHAPTER 1

JOHN STEINBECK AND THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT

CALIFORNIA’S PROGRESSIVE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT

THE SALINAS FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY

SALINAS WANDERERS STUDY CLUB

FROM IMMIGRATION TO EXCLUSION

CHAPTER 2

A NEW EYE OPENING IN THE WEST

PROTESTANT MISSIONARIES SENT TO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

RE - VISIONING OF THE PROTESTANT AMERICAN MYTH

THE EARLY SALINAS VALLEY

LAYING DOWN THE RAILROAD TRACKS

ARRIVAL OF IMMIGRANTS

POPULATION GROWTH IN SALINAS CITY

POPULATION GROWTH IN MONTERY COUNTY

ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTESTANT CHURCHES

ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTESTANT MORALS



CHAPTER 3

HOUSE OF HAMILTON

SAMUEL HAMILTON

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

SALINAS, CALIFORNIA

THE HAMILTON RANCH

A COLLECTION OF HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES

A DRY ARTESIAN WELL

A FIFTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

SAMUEL HAMILTON’S PRESBYTERIAN FAITH

CHAPTER 4

SAMUEL HAMILTON’S BLUESTOCKING DAUGHTERS

LIZETTE CARTER “LIZZIE” HAMILTON

ADELIA “DESSIE” HAMILTON

MARY LOUISE “MOLLIE” HAMILTON

EUNICE B. “EUNA” HAMILTON

OLIVE BLANCHE “OLLIE” HAMILTON



CHAPTER 5

SCHOOLTEACHERS IN MONTEREY COUNTY IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH

AND EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY

MONTEREY COUNTY TEACHERS INSTITUTE

BEYOND THE MONTEREY COUNTY TEACHERS INSTITUTE

CHAPTER 6

A RETREAT FROM INDUSTRIALIZATION

PACIFIC GROVE AND THE ANNUAL CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY

OLIVE STEINBECK’S ENCHANTMENT

THE BLUE LAWS OF PACIFIC GROVE



REFERENCES

CHAPTER 1

CALIFORNIA’S PROGRESSIVE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT

1. California Progressivism Revisited. William Francis Deverell and Tom Sitton, eds.

University of California Press, May 31, 1994.

2. News Notes of California Libraries, Volume 1, California State Library., 1906

3. Abel, Richard E. and Newlin, Lyman W. (eds) (2002) Scholarly Publishing: Books,

Journals, Publishers, and Libraries in the Twentieth Century. New York: Wiley

4. In Honor of the Salinas Women’s Club. Hon. Sam Farr of California in the House of

Representatives (Tuesday, September 26, 2006) Congressional Record, V. 152, Pt. 15,

September 26, 2006 to September 28 2006.

5. Carnegie Gives Money For Salinas Library. Donates Ten Thousand Dollars and City

Will Provide Site for the Building. The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-

1913, March 30, 1907.

6. NNCL, News Notes of California Libraries, Volumes 1-2, California State Library,

California State Library., 1907.

7. NNCL, News Notes of California Libraries, Volumes 1, (Vol 1 Nos. 1-8 May-

December 1906 Ww. Shannon, Sacramento Superintendent State Printing 1907)

California State Library California State Library., 1907.



8. NNCL, News Notes of California Libraries, Volumes 1-2 California State Library.,

1907. According to the periodical News Notes of California Libraries, in 1907 the

Salinas Wanderers Study Club donated 48 books to the yet to be completed public

library: “They are on Italian life and history and a few are Italian novels.”

9. NNCL, News Notes of California Libraries, Volume 7 California State Library., 1912.

10. Patterson's American Educational Directory, Volumes 10-24, Homer L. Patterson

Educational Directories, 1915.

11. Shillinglaw, Susan (2011). A Journey into Steinbeck's California. Roaring Forties

Press, Sep 15, 2011.

12. Railsback, Brian E. and Meyer Michael J. eds. (2006). A John Steinbeck

Encyclopedia. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing Group.

SALINAS WANDERERS STUDY CLUB

1. Salinas Wanderers’ Study Club. Diamond Jubilee booklet (1980).

2. Ibid.

3. Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women

of the United States and Canada, Volume 1 John William Leonard, American

Commonwealth Company, 1914.

4. Benson, Jackson J. 1990. John Steinbeck, Writer: A Biography: New York: Penguin.

5. Ibid.



6. Steinbeck, John 1955. Like Captured Fireflies. California Teachers Association

Journal Vol. 51, No. 11 (November): 6-9.

7. Headline: Wanderers' Club Meet at Mrs. J. Steinbeck's. Irish History and Poets

Command Attention-Salinas High School; Article Type: News/Opinion San Jose Mercury

News, published as Sunday Mercury and Herald (San Jose, California) • 05-25-1913 •

Page 13.

8. Sunday Mercury and Herald (San Jose, California) • 10-05-1913 • Page 4

9. Headline: 40th Anniversary of Dr. George McCormick Beloved Pastor of the United

Presbyterian Church Given a; Article Type: News/Opinion San Jose Mercury News,

published as Sunday Mercury and Herald (San Jose, California) • 10-19-1913 • Page 31

10. Headline: The Wanderers' Club and the Russian Jew Discussion of Subject in Salinas - Mass-Meeting on Auto; Article Type: News/Opinion San Jose Mercury News, published as San Jose Mercury Herald (San Jose, California) • 12-07-1913 • Page 15 11. The Grizzly Bear, Volume 14, No. 5, Whole No. 83. Page 8. Grizzly bear publishing Company., March 1914. 12. Ibid.

13. Headline: Salinas; Article Type: News/Opinion San Jose Mercury News, published as

San Jose Mercury Herald (San Jose, California) • 01-11-1914 • Page 20.

14. The Women Citizen, November 1913.

15. Street Meeting: Multiethnic Neighborhoods in Early Twentieth-Century Los Angeles.

Mark Wild University of California Press, Jun 6, 2005



16. Headline: New Oil Station to be Built at Salinas Installation and Banquet by Local

Camp, Woodmen; Article Type: News/Opinion San Jose Mercury News, published as San

Jose Mercury Herald (San Jose, California) • 01-25-1914 • Page 4.

17. Aubrey A. C. (1914). News & Comment: Clubs and Clublights – Everywhere: What

the Leaders in Club Life are Doing- The Club as a Factor in the Life of the Community

Some Interesting Personal. Everywoman Volume 9, No. 3 June 1914, page 24.

18. Will The Future American Be A Slav? With 85 per cent of the Immigration From The

Mediterranean Countries, An Entirely New Type Seems Destined to Develop. William A.

Du Puy. San Francisco Call, Volume 108, Number 82, 21 August 1910, Page 11.

19. Ibid

20. Headline: Athletic Club is Organized by Troop 'C'; Article Type: News/Opinion San

Jose Mercury News, published as San Jose Mercury Herald (San Jose, California) • 02-

22-1914 • Page 8.

FROM IMMIGRATION TO EXCLUSION

1.. San Francisco Call, Number 132, 1 April 1900. page 8. A Japanese Invasion.

2. San Francisco Call, Volume 95, Number 2, 2 December 1903. Japanese Exclusion Bill.

3. Rice, Richard B., Bullough, William A. and Orsi, Richard J. (1996). Elusive Eden. A

New History of California, New York : McGraw-Hill. Waveland Press.

4. Buchanan, Agnes Foster. The West and the Hindu Invasion. Overland Monthly. 51, no.

4 (April 1908): 308-13. 12.



5. San Francisco Call, Volume 107, Number 63, 1 February 1910, Page 6. Turn Back The

Hindu Invasion.

6. Los Angeles Herald, Number 220, 14 July 1916, Page 1. Jap Exclusion Act Is Urged

by Senator Works.



CHAPTER 2

1. John Steinbeck in a 1932 journal

2. Post. Connie. 1993. History's Myth: John Steinbeck and The Twilight Of Western

Culture By Connie Post, B.A., M.A. A Dissertation In English, May, 1993

3. Owens, Louis. 1989. The Grapes of Wrath: Trouble in the Promised Land. The

American Joads. G. K. Hall.

4. Owens, Louis. 1985. Steinbeck’s Re-vision of America. University of Georgia Press

5. Bristol, Sherlock. 1887. The Pioneer Preacher: Incidents of Interest, and Experiences

in the Author's Life : Revival Labors in the Frontier Settlements. Chicago; New York :

Fleming H. Revell.

6. Heath, Erle. 1945. Seventy-five Years of Progress: Historical Sketch of the Southern

Pacific. Southern Pacific Bureau of News.

7. Monterey County Parks Reconnaissance Survey of Agricultural Resources in The

South County Planning Area 2008-2009 Certified Local Government Grant October

2009.

8. Transactions. of the California State Agricultural Society during the Year 1893

California State Board of Agriculture 1894

9. Barrows, Henry D. and Ingersoll, Luther A. 1893. A Memorial and Biographical

History of the Coast Counties of Central California. Lewis Publishing Company.



10. Hodgkin, W. R. H. (Archdeacon). 1936. Beginnings of the Church on the Pacific

Coast. Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Vol. 5, No. 2. June, 1936,

pp. 92-102.

11. History of Monterey County, California with Illustrations. (1881). Elliot & Moore

Publishers.

12. Mission to California. Excerpts from the Diary of Missionary Experiences of the

Reverend James Shannon McGowan. First published in The Pacific Churchman,

Diocese of California, December 1944 and January 1945. Retrieved January 15, 2017

from http://www.stlukesjolon.org/links/docs/mission_to_cali.pdf

13. Registry. St. Marks Church, King City, California.

14. Clovis, Margaret E. and Monterey County Agricultural And Rural Life Museum.

2005. Salinas Valley. Arcadia Publishing.

15. Ibid.

16. St. Mary’s By The Sea. (2016). Retrieved December 23, 2016 from www.stmarysbythesea.org/history.html 17. Kohrs, Donald G. (2015). Chautauqua: The Nature Study Movement in Pacific

Grove, California.

18. Finally, in 1898 the Japanese Presbyterian Mission was founded on Sausal Street in

Salinas by Reverend Kenkichi Inazawa to meet the cultural and social needs of Japanese

immigrants

19. Woodard, Colin. 2011. American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional

Cultures of North America. Penguin.



20. Talk with John Steinbeck Lewis Nichols/1952. From: The New York Times Book

Review 28 September 1952.

21. Country History: Writer to Chronicle Changes Since 1900. Jack Hollimon/1948

From the Salinas Californian, Rodeo Edition (June 1948).

CHAPTER 3

1. History of the Supreme Court Justices of California, 1850-1950: 1900-1950 J. Edward

Johnson, State Bar of California. Committee on the History of Law in California Bender-

Moss, 1966.

2. Ancestry Daily News April 15, 2003.

http://www.hamiltongensociety.org/steinbeck.php

3. Judge John Evan Richards in Eugene T. Sawyers' History of Santa Clara County,

California, published by Historic Record Co. 1922. Page 313.

4. Robert Hamilton. History of the State of California & Biographical Record of Coast

Counties, California by Prof. J. M. Guinn, A. M., Page 1372. The Chapman Publishing

Co., Chicago, 1904.

5. CastleGarden.org: An educational project of The Battery Conservancy.


7. San Francisco Call, Volume 86, Number 151, 29 October 1899. Home Gatherings.


California, published by Historic Record Co. 1922. Page 313.



9. San Jose Mercury News, published as San Jose Mercury Herald (San Jose, California)

June 11,1916 • Page 13. Robert Hamilton Dies At His San Hose Home: Pioneer Who

Had Interesting Career is Buried at Oak Hill Cemetery.

10. Robert Hamilton. History of the State of California & Biographical Record of Coast

Counties, California by Prof. J. M. Guinn, A. M., Page 1372. The Chapman Publishing

Co., Chicago, 1904

11. The Salinas Daily Index Thursday, May 9, 1918 Page 2. Mrs. Hamilton Dies in

Pacific Grove. Date of Death: 05-08-1918

12. Robles, Carol. 2004. Steinbeck Studies 15.2. The Hamilton Family. Pages 169-174.

13. Frankiel, Tamar. 1988. California's Spiritual Frontiers: Religious Alternatives in

Anglo-Protestantism, 1850-1910. University of California Press.


California, published by Historic Record Co., 1922. page 313.

15. U. S. census for township of Salinas California, taken July 7, 1860.

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch

(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDKD-2HW : 30 December 2015), Saml

Hamilton, 1860.

16. On September 03, 1867 Samuel Hamilton registered as a voter in the township of San

Jose, Santa Clara California. ("California Great Registers, 1866-1910," database,

FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT6T-7QJ : 26 November 2014),

Samuel Hamilton, 03 Sep 1867; citing Voter Registration, San Jose Township, Santa

Clara, California, United States, county clerk offices, California; FHL microfilm

977,287.)

17. U. S. census for township of Salinas California, taken August 4, 1870.



"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch

(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN6V-RFT : 17 October 2014), Samuel

Hamilton, California, United States; citing p. 5, family 55, NARA microfilm publication

M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL

microfilm 545,573.


19. Ibid.

20. Monterey County (Salinas) Book I of Deeds at page 291.

21. Robles, Carol. (1999). John Steinbeck, the Salinas Writer, Hartnell College March 6,

1999. Carol Robles & Associates.

22. Salinas Weekly Index Thursday, 9 Mar 1893. M.J. BURKE is fitting up the Hamilton

building, corner of Main street and Central avenue, for a hardware store which he will

open in a few days.

23. U. S. census for township of Salinas California, taken June 15, 1880.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch

(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6P9-CJB : 14 July 2016), Samuel Hamilton,

Castroville, Monterey, California, United States; citing enumeration district ED 53, sheet

185B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and

Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0069; FHL microfilm 1,254,069.

24. United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch

(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6PJ-VQ5 : 14 July 2016), William J Hamilton

in household of John E Richards, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States; citing

enumeration district ED 243, sheet 46D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington

D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0081; FHL microfilm

1,254,081.



25. In 1882, Samuel Hamilton was registered as a voter in Salinas, California.

("California Great Registers, 1866-1910," database, Family Search

(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTXN-2NY: 26 November 2014), Samuel

Hamilton, 1882; citing Voter Registration, Salinas No 2, Monterey, California, United

States, county clerk offices, California; FHL microfilm 1,434,237.).

26. Pacific Rural Press, Volume 26, Number 11, 15 September 1883. List of U. S.

Patents for Pacific Coast Inventors. 284,296. Header Spring- -Samuel Hamilton, Salinas, 27. Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 18, Number 66, 7 November 1883. Patent to

Pacific Slope lnventors. Washington, November 6th. — Patents were issued to-day to the

following named Pacific Slope inventors. Samuel Hamilton, Salinas, thrashing machine.

28. Pacific Rural Press, Volume 29, Number 8, 21 February 1885. List of U. S. Patents

for Pacific Coast Inventors. 311,980. Plowshare Attachment — Samuel Hamilton,

Salinas, Cal.

29. San Francisco Call, Volume 72, Number 92, 31 August 1892. The following patents

were to-day granted to Pacific Coast inventors: California

30. Salinas Weekly Index 18 Oct 1888. Salinas City vs. HAMILTON -- The

condemnation suit of Salinas City vs. Samuel HAMILTON was tried in the Superior

Court here yesterday before the following 9 jurymen: John KALER, D. COY, M.

SCHMECHEL, H.J. TOLLETT, Jud PARSONS, Wm. BARLOW, S. HORTON, A.J.

ADCOCK and A. METCALF. N.A.DORN was counsel for the City and the defendant

was represented by T. BEEMAN and J. E. RICHARDS. The land sought to be taken by

the City is 14 feet frontage on Main street and 130 feet deep on the north side of Central

Avenue at its junction with Main street and the same quantity of land on the south side of

the Avenue, in order to make it a uniform width of 75 feet. After hearing the testimony

and listening to the arguments of counsel the jury fixed the price to paid by the City as

follows: South side of Avenue, $95 per foot fronting on Main street, and $105 per foot on

the north side, which, under all the circumstances, is considered a fair price.



October 28th, 1888 Hamilton awarded $400.00 for the property and reimbursed $41.00

31. Newspaper published in: Salinas Thursday, 31 Mar 1892. Samuel HAMILTON, a

former resident of Salinas and owner of HAMILTON’s corner at the intersection of

Central Avenue with Main Street, but now a farmer living between King City and San

Lucas, was in town greeting his old friends last week.


33. San Jose City Directory Including Santa Clara County ... F.M. Husted, 1890 -

Monterey County (Calif.)…Hamilton, S. Farmer, Monterey County-San Lucas, (He is

the only Hamilton Listed)

34. U.S. Department Of The Interior: Bureau of Land Management: General Land Office

Records https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/

35. San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 1890, page 8. Monterey County.

36. The article mention of “Mr. Alsop” is a reference to Samuel Alsop, who in 1873,

began a shallow well drilling business with the digging of shallow domestic wells to

supply additional water to the residents of Salinas. Sam Alsop’s well-drilling business in

Salinas was later taken over by his son Roy Alsop, followed by Roy Alsop Jr. The Roy

Alsop Pump & Drilling Company remains in business today on Abbott Street in Salinas,

owned and operated by Steve Allison.

37. Evening Sentinel, (Santa Cruz) Volume 3, Number 61, 11 August 1898. Destitution

in Monterey.

38. Evening Sentinel (Santa Cruz), Volume 3, Number 85, 8 September 1898. Driven By

Want. Urgent Cases of Destitution in Monterey Co. Temporarily Provided For.



39. Weekly Sun (San Bernadino), Volume 15, Number 18, 23 December 1898. In Want.

40. San Francisco Call, Volume 85, Number 105, 15 March 1899, Page 2. Weeping Skies

End The Drought Period.

41. On October 10, 1892 Samuel Hamilton registered as a voter in the township of King

City, California. ("California Great Registers, 1866-1910," database, FamilySearch

(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT6S-WPN: 26 November 2014), Samuel

Hamilton, 10 Oct 1892; citing Voter Registration, King City, Monterey, California,

United States, county clerk offices, California; FHL microfilm 977,080.)

42. San Jose City Directory Including Santa Clara County ... F.M. Husted, 1892 -

Monterey County King City - (Calif.) Hamilton Samuel, farmer ; Hamilton Thomas, S.

farmer ; Hamilton WJ, farmer; Hamilton, George, clerk.


44. On July 2, 1896 Samuel Hamilton registered as a voter in the township of King City,

California. ("California Great Registers, 1866-1910," database, FamilySearch

(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT6S-LXB: 26 November 2014), Samuel

Hamilton, 02 Jul 1896; citing Voter Registration, San Lucas, Monterey, California,

United States, county clerk offices, California; FHL microfilm 977,080.)

45. Salinas Democrat Weekly. 6 April 1904 A Pioneer’s Death.

46. History of the Supreme Court Justices of California, 1850-1950: 1900-1950 Front

Cover J. Edward Johnson Bender-Moss, 1963

47. Pearson, Pauline. 1984. Guide To Steinbeck County. John Steinbeck Library, Salinas,

Ca.



48. Montague, W. L. (Editor), Crowell, E. P. & Biscoe, W. S. (Assistants). 1883.

Biographical Record of the Alumni of Amherst College During the First Half Century

1821-18971. Amherst College. Amherst, Massachusetts.

49. The Indiana Gazette. Indiana, Pennsylvania, 30 August 1926. Page 14. California

Pastor Ends 53rd Year with Church.

50. The Rustler King City, California Thursday, 22 August 1912, Page 1. T. S.

Hamilton Dead.

CHAPTER 4

SAMUEL HAMILTON’S

BLUESTOCKING DAUGHTERS

1. Steinbeck, John. Travels with Charley: In Search of America. Penguin, Jan 31, 1980.

LIZETTE CARTER “LIZZIE” HAMILTON

1. Steinbeck, John. East of Eden. September 1952. The Viking Press.

2. The California Teacher, Volume 9, Towne & Bacon, 1871. Santa Clara County

Teachers Institute, San Jose June 26 1871. The Institute met, pursuant to a call of the

Superintendent, at the courthouse in San Jose and was called to order at 10 o’clock a.m.

by N. Furlong, County Superintendent. W.W. Kennedy was elected Secretary pro tern. On

motion, the Chair appointed J.G. Kennedy, J.B. Finch and C.W. Baker a Committee on

Permanent Organization. Institute adjourned to meet at 2 p.m. The following names were

registered during the sessions of the Institute: Lizzie Hamilton, Whole number enrolled

100, teachers 76.



3. Hamilton, Lizette C. assistant teacher Preparatory Department University of the

Pacific. Bishop's Directory of the City of San Jose for 1876: Containing a General

Register of the Names of All Residents, and a Classified Business Directory...: Also a

Directory of Santa Clara, Containing a General Register ...B. C. Vandall, 1876.

4. Hamilton, Lizette Carter (Mrs. Joseph P. Farrell)., Ph B. 1877, Los Angeles.

Catalogue of the Alumni of the University of the Pacific. June, 1898 University of the

Pacific Brower & son, 1898. Page 7.

5. U. S. census for San Jose, California in the County of Santa Clara, taken June 17,

1880. "United States Census, 1880," database with

images FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6PJ-VQ5 : 14 July

2016), William J Hamilton in household of John E Richards, San Jose, Santa Clara,

California, United States; citing enumeration district ED 243, sheet 46D, NARA

microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records

Administration, n.d.), roll 0081; FHL microfilm 1,254,081.


California, published by Historic Record Co., 1922. page 313.

7. According to the 1880 West Coast Gazetteer & Directory ~ Oakland, California.

California Door Co, J P Farrell agent, 460-464 Second

8. United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch

(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVP6-27D : accessed 1 April 2017), Joseph P

Farrell, Los Angeles Assembly District 73, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing

enumeration district (ED) ED 104, sheet 5B, family , NARA microfilm publication T624

(Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 82; FHL

microfilm 1,374,095.

9. Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, California) 15 Aug 1891, Saturday Page 8.

Chamber of Commerce: Proceedings of the Meeting Last Evening.



10. The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California). 05 Dec 1905, Tuesday Page 6.

Diamonds Lie The Ruins.

11. Ray, William (2013) Steinbeck and St. Paul’s Part 1. John Steinbeck, Episcopalian:

St. Paul's, Salinas Part One. The Steinbeck Review, Vol. 10, No. 2 (2013), pp. 118-140.

Although each of Olive and Ernst’s children became a member of St. Paul’s, the parents

waited until May 28, 1905, following the birth of their fourth child Mary, to have John,

age three, and eleven-year-old Beth christened with their infant sister. Curiously, the

children’s group baptism took place at the Steinbeck home rather than in the church, a

statistical anomaly within parish records and Episcopal practice of the period. In the

parish baptismal register, “Mary L. Martin” and “J.R. Hamilton” are listed as

sponsors—the Episcopal version of godparents—for Mary, while “Eliz. Bailey” and

“Thomas” Hamilton are listed as John’s sponsors, and “Eliz. Farrell” and “Will

Hamilton” appear as sponsors for Beth.

12. Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) 31 Oct 1915, Sunday Page 29.

Halloween: Spooks Delight Nursery Tots.

13. Los Angeles Herald, Number 134, 5 April 1916. Pretty Girls To Sell Pencils For Day

Nursery.

14. California Death Index, 1905-1939, database with images, Family

Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK91-N5PQ : 5 June 2015), Lizete C

Farrell, 18 Apr 1923; citing 17219, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics

Department, Sacramento.

15. California Death Index, 1905-1939, database with images, Family

Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK91-N5PQ : 5 June 2015), Lizete C

Farrell, 18 Apr 1923; citing 17219, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics

Department, Sacramento.



16. California Death Index, 1940-1997, database, FamilySearch

(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPD7-ZMJ : 26 November 2014), Richard

Cullen Farrell, 19 Aug 1947; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

17. The Marin Journal Vol. 45 No. 38, Page 3. 25 November 1904. Sausalito Notes. 18. The 1908 Blue and Gold of the University of California, Volume 34, 1907.

19. Southwest Contractor and Manufacturer, Volume 10 Number 22, 05 April 1915, Los Angeles, Ca. 20. United States Public Records, 1970-2009, database, FamilySearch

(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KY31-FMC : 23 May 2014), Mary V Farrell,

Residence, Sacramento, California, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly

available information.




22. United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, database with

images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVV-TWY : 12

December 2014), Richard Cullen Farrell, 1917-1918; citing Los Angeles County no 1,

California, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.:

National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,531,190.


(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQZ-6PR : accessed 1 April 2017), Margaret

Farrell in household of Richard Farrell, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United

States; citing ED 85, sheet 5B, line 51, family 116, NARA microfilm publication T625

(Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 104; FHL

microfilm 1,820,104.




(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCDM-HGD : accessed 1 April 2017), Margeret

C Farrel in household of Richard C Farrel, Alhambra, Los Angeles, California, United

States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1410, sheet 1A, line 35, family 9, NARA

microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records

Administration, 2002), roll 173; FHL microfilm 2,339,908.

25. United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, database with images,

FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4DM-H71 : 8 April 2016),

Richard Cullen Farrell, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937,

M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.:

National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).




ADELIA “DESSIE” HAMILTON

1. Hamilton Dessie H Miss student Normal School residential corner Ninth and San

Salvador Directory of the City of San Jose for 1876: Containing a General Register of the

Names of All Residents, and a Classified Business Directory ... : Also a Directory of

Santa Clara, Containing a General Register . (B. C. Vandall, 1876 - San Jose (Calif.)

2. Business Directory of the Pacific States and Territories for 1878, containing names,

business, and address, of merchants, manufacturers, and professional men, county, city,

state, territorial, and federal officers, and notaries public, of the principal towns of

California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Arizona, and British

Columbia.




United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch





4. McKenney's Pacific coast directory for 1883-1884. Giving Name, Business, and

Address of Business and Professional Men of California, Oregon, Washington, British

Columbia, Alaska, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, and New Mexico. Together

with Sketches of the Different Towns, Giving Location, Population, etc. Complete

Alphabetical Lists of 3,000 Cities and Towns. Over 35,000 Names. L.M. McKenney &

Co. San Francisco.

5. California State Gazetteer and Business Directory. R.L. Polk & Co., 1888, 1890 and

1893.

6. The Southern Pacific Coast Directory 1888-1889, Being a Business Directory of San

Francisco, Central and Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico and Southern

Colorado. San Francisco: McKenney Directory Co. April 1888.

7. San Jose City Directory including Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties.

Giving Name, Occupation, And Residence of All Adult Persons in The Three Counties.

F. M. Husted, San Francisco. 1892.

8. Ibid

9. California State Gazetteer and Business Directory, R.L. Polk & Co., San Francisco.

1893.

10. Salinas Weekly Index Thursday, 09 March 1893. M.J. BURKE is fitting up the

Hamilton building, corner of Main street and Central avenue, for a hardware store which

he will open in a few days.



11. Sausalito News, Volume 23, Number 14, 06 April 1907. Mrs. W. J. Martin's Sister

Passes Away.


(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9PR-GSD : accessed 1 April 2017), Dessie

Hamilton in household of John E Steinbeck, Alisal Township Salinas city Ward 1-3,

Monterey, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2, sheet 11A,

family 241, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives

and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,094.

13. The Salinas Valley Rustler, King City, California Friday, 05 April 1907. Vol. 6, No. 50, Page 1.

MARY LOUISE “MOLLIE” HAMILTON

1. California, County Marriages, 1850-1952, database with

images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ3F-KQB : 28

November 2014), William J. Martin and Mollie L. Hamilton, 06 Jan 1886; citing

Monterey, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm

1,290,899.

2. Daniel C. Martin. History and biographical record of Monterey and San Benito

Counties: and history of the State of California : containing biographies of well-known

citizens of the past and present by Guinn, J. M. (James Miller), 1834-1918; Leese, Jacob

R. Monterey County; Tinkham, George H. (George Henry), b. 1849. Story of San Benito

County Published 1910)

3. Homestead Records. U. S. Department of the Interior: Bureau of Land Management:

General Land Office Records. (https://glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx)


Counties : and history of the State of California : containing biographies of well-known





County Published 1910).

5. Marin County Tocsin. Volume 32, Number 21, 7 November 1908.


Counties : and history of the State of California : containing biographies of well-known



County Published 1910)

7. Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 58, Number 58, 27 October 1887: Social and Personal. 8. The Record-Union (Sacramento, California) 28 Jan 1898, Friday William J. Martin Will Become the Business Manager of the “Call.” 9. San Francisco Call, Volume 83, Number 180, 29 May 1898. Page 28 Fraternal News Order Of Eastern Star, 10. Marin Journal, Volume 43, Number 7, 01 May 1902. 11. Board of Trustees Meeting. Sausalito News, Volume 24, Number 17, 25 April 1908 Page 2. 12. Lompoc Journal, Number 49, 19 April 1913. Death of a Pioneer: 13. George, Stephen K. (2007). The Influence of Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte d’Arthur

on John Steinbeck. In John Steinbeck and His Contemporaries. Stephen K. George,

Barbara A. Heavilin Scarecrow Press.

14. San Jose Mercury Herald (San Jose, California). 28 February 1915 • Page 26. Pacific Grove. 15. San Jose Mercury Herald (San Jose, California). 14 August 1915. Page 5. Mrs. W.J.

Martin is buried at Salinas.



16. Mrs. W. J. Martin Passes Away, Sausalito News, Volume 31, Number 33, 14 August

1915.

17. Sausalito News, Volume 36, Number 19, 8 May 1920.

18. United States Census, 1920, database with

images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH7G-FBS : accessed 1

April 2017), John E Steinbeck, Salinas, Monterey, California, United States; citing ED 4,

sheet 1B, line 51, family 14, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.:

National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 122; FHL microfilm

1,820,122.

EUNICE B. HAMILTON


United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch





2. Annual Reports of the Condition of Common Schools in the County of Monterey State

of California from July 1, 1879 - June 30, 1892.

3. Within the section titled “Names and Residences of Pupils” Eunice B. Hamilton, of

Salinas, listed among Middle Class of students. Catalogue of the State Normal School at

San Jose, California for the ... Catalogue of the State Normal School at San Jose,

California with Announcements for the School Year Ending May 31st 1883.

4. Hollister Free Lance, Miss Euna Hamilton, Teacher In The Salinas Schools, And Her

Brother Have Leased A Portion Of The San Lorenzo Ranch, Near Kings City, And Are

Preparing To Put In A Crop. (17 December 1886,).



5. Teachers in Salinas are spending their vacations as follows: Miss Una Hamilton, with

her sister, Mrs. "W. J. Martin, in San Francisco (Pacific Educational Journal Educational

Publishing Company, 1887)

6. Eunice B. Hamilton employed as the fifth grade teacher in Salinas. Salinas Weekly

Index, 5 Apr 1888.

7. Fall of 1888, Enna Hamilton was teaching school in a one room school house named

“Bernabe” in King City (Addresses and Proceedings - National Education Association of

the United States 1888).

8. Salinas Weekly Index 13 Dec 1888. The “San Lucas Lyceum,” has been organized

with the following named officers: President, Dr. MORSE; Vice-President, Mrs. John

KERNS; Chorister, Mrs. J.W. WALSH; Secretary, Miss E.B. HAMILTON; Treasurer,

W. BEEBE.

9. Salinas Weekly Index 27 Dec 1888. San Lucas & Vicinity -- from last Thursday's

'Settler' -- -San Lucas Parlor, No. 115, N.S.G.W., has elected new officers as follows:

President, W.H. QUIVEY; First Vice-President, R.R. DIAZ; Second Vice-President, P.

NARVAEZ; Third Vice-President, S.A. RICHARDSON; M., T.S. SOBERANES;

Recording Secretary, J.A. TRESCONY; Financial Secretary, W.A. BEEBE.

-The following programme was rendered at the San Lucas Lyceum last Friday evening:

Song, by Mesdames KERNS, KEEF, MORSE, WALSH and Dr. MORSE

Select reading, by Mrs. WALSH Song, "The Shaking of the Hand," Mesdames WALSH,

KERNS, MORSE and Dr. MORSE "Roast Pig," select reading by Dr. MORSE

Solo, "Then You'll Remember Me," E.T. HARRIS "La Cica," by Miss E.B. HAMILTON

"The Famine," select reading from "Hiawatha," by Mrs. J. KERNS.

10 Salinas Weekly Index; Apr. 11, 1889 -- List of Teachers -- Employed in the Schools

of Monterey County for the Spring Term, 1889, With Post office Addresses --

School -- Teacher -- Post Office



Bernabe -- Miss Euna B. HAMILTON -- Kings City

11. Salinas Weekly Index Thursday, 26 Feb 1891, Miss Euna HAMILTON, teacher of

the Warm Spring school, visited her sister, Miss Dessie HAMILTON, in Salinas last

Saturday, returning Monday.

12. Miss Euna B. HAMILTON, after a portion of her vacation spent with her sister, Miss

Dessie HAMILTON, left Sunday to resume her school duties in Deep Well district.

(Salinas Weekly Index Thursday, 4 Aug 1892).

13. Salinas Weekly Index Thursday, Aug. 25, 1892. List of Teachers of the Schools of

Monterey County for the Fall Term, 1892, with Post-office Addresses: Deep Well -- Miss

E.B. HAMILTON; Chualar.

14. Salinas Daily Index, March 30, 1898. Death of Mrs. Euna Anderson,.

15. Northport News, Northport, Stevens County, Washington, March 31, 1898, Volume

5, No. 40, Page 1.

OLIVE BLANCHE HAMILTON

1. The Pacific school journal by California. Dept. of Public Instruction; California. State

Board of Education; Lyser, Albert Volume v.10:1 (April 1886). Monterey County. —

The Monterey County Teachers' Institute meets at Salinas April 13th, and continues four

days. Miss Ollie Hamilton has commenced her third term of school in the Barnahe

district.

2. Salinas Weekly Index; Apr. 11, 1889. List of Teachers -- Employed in the Schools of

Monterey County for the Spring Term, 1889, With Post office Addresses -- School --

Teacher -- Post Office Bernabe -- Miss Euna B. HAMILTON -- Kings City

Fair View -- Miss Olive B. HAMILTON – Gonzales



3. Salinas Weekly Index, 7 Jun 1888. STRIENING/MILLER--Married at the residence of

the bride's parents, in Salinas City, June 3, by Rev. J. SIMONDS; John M. STREINING

[transcriber's note: name spelled 2 ways], of San Francisco, and Carrie E. MILLER, of

Salinas. [The bride is the accomplished daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Geo. S. MILLER,

Auditor of Monterey county and the fortunate winner of the prize is a most estimable

young business man of the metropolis. The wedding ceremony was strictly private and

took place at 12:30p.m. Mr. M.J. STRIENING, brother of the groom, and Miss Ollie

HAMILTON, an intimate friend of the bride, "stood up" with the happy couple on the

auspicious occasion. After dinner the newly wedded pair took the 2 o' clock train for

Santa Cruz where they intended to remain a few days and then proceed to San Francisco,

their future home. The 'Index' acknowledges the receipt of a generous supply of wedding

cake and wishes Mr. STRIENING and his fair young bride good health, good fortune and

unbounded happiness.

Valjean, Nelson (1975). John Steinbeck the Errant Knight: An intimate biography of his

California years. The boy Steinbeck was a familiar figure to Mrs. Carrie Streining, the

city librarian (in Salinas),” writes Nelson Valjean in John Steinbeck the Errant Knight:

An intimate biography of his California years..

4. San Francisco Call, Volume 69, Number 22, 22 December 1890. Page 6. Hotel

Arrivals: Lick House.

6. Barrows, Henry D. and Ingersoll, Luther A. 1893. A Memorial and Biographical

History of the Coast Counties of Central California. Lewis Publishing Company.

7. St. Mark’s Church Registry

8. St. Mark’s Church Registry



9. Salinas Weekly Index, Thursday, 1 Jan 1891. On December 24, 1890. Ernst Steinbeck

and Miss Olive Hamilton, both of King City were married in Oakland, California.

10. JE Steinbeck has been transferred to the Paso Robles mill and JC Brown will go to

the same place to act as head miller (Pacific Coast Notes, October 7, 1892, THE

WEEKLY NORTHWESTERN MILLER page 517 The Northwestern Miller, Volume 34,

Miller Publishing Company, 1892)

11. Salinas Weekly Index Thursday, 10 Nov 1892. King City Items -- from last

Saturday's 'Settler' -- In a few days Mr. & Mrs. J.E. STEINBECK leave King City to

make their future home in Paso Robles. For a long time they have [illeg] among the most

popular of our people, [illeg] there is universal regret at their departure.

12. San Jose Mercury Herald (San Jose, California) • 11-01-1920 • Page [9]. Great

Republican Victory at Polls Tomorrow.

13. Jean M. Smith, Jean M. (1920). The Journal of San Diego History San Diego

Historical Society Quarterly Spring 1980, Volume 26, Number 2. The Voting Women of

San Diego, 1920.

14. Hayashi, Tetsumaro, ed. (1993). A New Study Guide to Steinbeck's Major Works,

with Critical Explications. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press.

15. Wagner-Martin, Linda. (2017). John Steinbeck. A Literary Life. Chapel Hill, North

Carolina.



CHAPTER 5

1. Zimmerman, Jonathan. (2009). Small Wonder: The Little Red School House in

History and Memory. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

2. Nineteenth Biennial Report. (1900). Superintendent of Public Instruction.

School Years Ending June 30 1899 and June 30 1900. Transmitted To The Governor

September 15, 1900. State of California.

3. The California Teacher: A Journal of School and Home Education, and Organ of the

Department of Public Instruction. Volume 8 Towne & Bacon, 1870,

4. Within the Monterey County Teacher's Institute program for the 1888 convention, held

in Salinas City, September 25-28, Euna Hamilton is listed as part of the Introduction and

Exhibit Committee, and Olive Hamilton among the Entertainment Committee. Within the

Monterey County Teacher's Institute program for the 1889 convention, held in Monterey,

September 30-October 4, Olive B. Hamilton was listed as participant from King City.

Within the Monterey County Teacher's Institute program for the 1890 convention, held in

Salinas City, September 22-26, Euna Hamilton is listed as part of the Question

Committee. Within the Monterey County Teacher's Institute program for the 1891

convention, held in Salinas City, September 21-25, Euna Hamilton is among the list of

participating schoolteachers. Within the Monterey County Teacher's Institute program for

the 1892 convention, held in Pacific Grove, September 26-30, Euna Hamilton is listed

among the Introduction Committee.

5. State of California Fourteenth Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public

Instruction for the School Year Ending June 30, 1889, and June 30, 1890.



BEYOND THE MONTEREY COUNTY TEACHERS INSTITUTE

1. Education in California: Leaders, Organizations & Accomplishments of the First 100

Years) The Pacific School and Home Journal, published monthly from 1877 to 1883,

contained many interesting discussions of educational topics and scholarly articles of

value to teachers. The California Teacher and Journal of Home Education, published

monthly from 1883 to 1887 printed and owned by the Lynch Publishing Company of San

Francisco was the official organ. Another change occurred in February 1887 when the

Pacific Educational Journal was given the contract by the state. This publication, which

contained much educational material of great value, was the official organ until June of

1896 when the Overland Monthly was chosen by the State Board of Education in its

program the schools of all official actions. The Overland Monthly, instead of making the

educational material part of its regular format, printed a separate sixteen-page

supplement each month.



CHAPTER 6

OLIVE HAMILTON’S ENCHANTMENT

1. Benson, Jackson J. (1984). The true adventures of John Steinbeck, writer: a biography.

Viking Press. p. 248.

2. San Francisco Call. (1901). The Artist's Colony At Monterey. August 25, 1901. 87

(86) 10.

3. Ivey, John Joseph. (1903). Talks in My Studio. The Art of Seeing, Facts and Fancies

About Art, Pictures; Together With a Plain Guide to Water-Color Painting and Sketching

from Nature. San Francisco, California: Whitaker and Ray Company.

4. San Francisco Call. July 16, 1897. 82 (46) 4. Chautauquans at Pacific Grove. Third

Day's Work Opens With Devotional Exercises. Zoological. Students Search Rocks and

Water for Specimens. Picturesque Spots Sought by the Sketch Class-Lecture on Child

Study.

THE BLUE LAWS OF PACIFIC GROVE

1. Bentley, William R. (1885). Bentley's Hand-book of the Pacific Coast: Containing a

Complete List of the Prominent Seaside and Mountain Resorts, Mineral Springs, Lakes,

Mountains, Valleys, Forests, and Other Places and Objects of Interest on the Pacific

Coast: Pacific Press Publishing House.

2. Ferrell, Keith. (2014). John Steinbeck: The Voice of the Land. Rowman and

Littlefield Publishing Group.

Documents

John Steinbeck's Progressive Californiaweb.stanford.edu/group/seaside/pdf/JS_References.pdfHamilton, 1860. 16. On September 03, 1867 Samuel Hamilton registered as a voter in the township