author
Zoeth Skinner Eldredge
1846–1915
A banker by profession and a devoted historian by passion, this early California writer is best remembered for detailed books on San Francisco and the state's past. His work helped preserve stories from the Spanish and Mexican eras for later readers.
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The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San Francisco
by Zoeth Skinner Eldredge, E. J. (Eusebius Joseph) Molera
About the author
Born in Buffalo, New York, in 1846, Zoeth Skinner Eldredge became an American banker who also built a reputation as an amateur historian of California. He wrote with a strong interest in the origins of San Francisco and the wider history of the state.
His best-known works include The Beginnings of San Francisco and the multi-volume History of California, books that gathered historical narrative, biographical notes, and regional research into substantial reference works. Though not a professional academic historian, he is remembered for the energy he brought to documenting California's past.
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