A La California (1873): Description and travel; Social life and customs written by Colonel Albert S. Evans. The number is the page number in the book. The words are the captions with each image. Follow the link to the full book.
Date 19 August 2014, 12:20:09
Source internet archives
Author Col. Albert S. Evans who also authored "Our Sister Republic"
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:74-LASSOING_A_GRIZZLEY.jpg

The California grizzly (Ursus arctos californicus) is an extinct subspecies of the grizzly, the very large North American brown bear. "Grizzly" could have meant "grizzled" (that is, with golden and grey tips of the hair) or "fear-inspiring". Less than 75 years after the discovery of gold in 1848, almost every grizzly bear in California had been tracked down and killed.