official document; archives
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
pioneer; settler; colonist
colonization; colonisation
Market Street (San Francisco)
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
wild grasses; field grass; wildflowers
sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
peace (of mind); tranquility; tranquillity; serenity
Washington, DC (United States); Washington (US state)
clerk; office worker; kulak
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
along the river; riverside
peel; peeling; candied peel
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
at the same time; concurrently; simultaneously; coinciding (with)