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The Project Gutenberg eBook, A Backward Glance at Eighty, by Charles A. Murdock This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: A Backward Glance at Eighty Author: Charles A. Murdock Release Date: July 14, 2004 [eBook #12911] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A BACKWARD GLANCE AT EIGHTY*** E-text prepared by Bob Beard and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders A BACKWARD GLANCE AT EIGHTY RECOLLECTIONS & COMMENT BY CHARLES A. MURDOCK MASSACHUSETTS 1841 HUMBOLDT BAY 1855 SAN FRANCISCO 1864 1921 THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED TO THE FRIENDS WHO INSPIRED IT Contents CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII EPILOGUE List of Illustrations A Camera Glance at Eighty Humboldt Bay—from Russian Atlas the Hidden Harbor—thrice Discovered Winship, 1806. Gregg, 1849. Ottinger, 1850. Presidential Commission As Registrar of the Land Office At Humboldt, California Francis Bret Harte The Clay Street Office the Day After Thomas Starr King. San Francisco, 1860-1864 Horatio Stebbins. San Francisco, 1864- 1900 Horace Davis—fifty Years a Friend Harvard University when he Entered Outings in the Sierras, 1910 Outings In Hawaii, 1914 FOREWORD In the autumn of 1920 the Board of Directors of the Pacific Coast Conference of Unitarian Churches took note of the approaching eightieth birthday of Mr. Charles A. Murdock, of San Francisco. Recalling Mr. Murdock's active service of all good causes, and more particularly his devotion to the cause of liberal religion through a period of more than half a century, the board decided to recognize the anniversary, which fell on January 26, 1921, by securing the publication of a volume of Mr. Murdock's essays. A committee was appointed to carry out the project, composed of Rev. H.E.B. Speight (chairman), Rev. C.S.S. Dutton, and Rev. Earl M. Wilbur. The committee found a very ready response to its announcement of a subscription edition, and Mr. Murdock gave much time and thought to the preparation of material for the volume. "A Backward Glance at Eighty" is now issued with the knowledge that its appearance is eagerly awaited by all Mr. Murdock's friends and by a large number of others who welcome new light upon the life of an earlier generation of pioneers. The publication of the book is an affectionate tribute to a good citizen, a staunch friend, a humble Christian gentleman, and a fearless servant of Truth —Charles A. Murdock. MEMORIAL COMMITTEE. GENESIS In the beginning, the publication of this book is not the deliberate act of the octogenarian. Separate causes seem to have co-operated independently to