Adobe days : being the truthful narrative of the events in the life of a California girl on a sheep ranch and in El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los ... of Admiral Thatcher about San Pedro harbor

by Sarah Bixby Smith

Adobe Days offers a vivid and heartfelt narrative of early California life as remembered by Sarah Bixby Smith. Blending personal memoir with regional history, the book recounts the author’s childhood on a sheep ranch and her experiences in El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles when it was still a modest frontier town. Smith interweaves her family’s story with the remarkable journey of three young men from Maine who, in 1853, drove sheep and cattle across the vast American plains and deserts to the Pacific Coast. The book captures the challenges, triumphs, and pioneer spirit that shaped California’s earliest communities, preserving a rich cultural legacy with warmth, accuracy, and charm.

179 pages, Kindle Edition