True Life Story Of Jedediah Smith

The Romance of the Ranchos San Gabriel 1826 Americans crossed desert to California San Jose 1827 Americans faced the rest by Mexican governor Vancouver 1827 Americans escaped Indian massacre at umquah The title insurance and trust company of Los Angles presents the romance of the ranchos, a weekly dramatization of the colorful characters and events which make

the history of our Southland so fascinating. Each week our wandering Viquero, Frank Graham returns to tell us another tale of adventure and romance. The offices of the title insurance and trust company of Los Angles are one of the many places where United States defense bonds and stamps are on sale. The company urges

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a regular systematic program to invest your dimes and dollars in democracy. Now here to tell us the stories are wandering the karo, right Graham. We're not just saying you're us, you say you're us. Our story tonight concerns a great man, one of the true unsung heroes of the West, a Pathfinder who has only recently been accorded recognition for the great party played in opening up the

West in California to the American pioneers. Here is the true life story of Gedadiah Smith, a story full of the Bencher and excitement, and rich in the romance of the ranchers. This story might well begin with a newlogy to a beaver hat, for few people realize how great an influence that style of wearing the skin of a beaver in the form of the hat had