Download or read book Touching Incidents in the Life and Labors of a Pioneer on the Pacific Coast Since 1853 written by Joseph Wilkinson Hines and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Wilkinson Hines (b. ca. 1824) left New York State in 1853 as a Methodist missionary to Ohio. He later settled in Santa Clara County, California, where he was a prominent Republican and anti-slavery advocate. Touching incidents in the life and labors of a pioneer (1911) is a collection of unrelated papers by Hines: speeches and poems touching such subjects as missionary experiences in Oregon, the history of Santa Clara, Sir George Seymour, Mount Hood, Klamath Indians, woman suffrage, and the University of the Pacific.