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	AllRefer.com - San Francisco : History, United States (U.S. Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		When gold was discovered in California in 1848, San Francisco had a population of c.800; two years later it was incorporated with a population of c.25,000.
		In the years after the gold rush, San Francisco continued to grow as California became linked overland with the East, by the pony express in 1860 and by the transcontinental railroad in 1869.
		San Francisco's natural beauty and mild climate have made it attractive as a residential city, but it has become split between the very wealthy and many areas of urban impoverishment; the latter have increased since the 1970s.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/SnFrn-history.html (572 words)

	Lonely Planet World Guide \| Destination San Francisco
		San Fran is actually just one of many cities in the Bay Area; others include Oakland (east across the Bay Bridge), Berkeley (just north of Oakland) and San Jose (an hour's drive southeast of San Francisco, near the southern tip of the bay).
		San Francisco's densely populated downtown is squeezed into the hilly northeastern corner of the peninsula.
		San Francisco's history has always been one of vital cultural waves and cold-hearted economic surges, booms and recessions, and the first decade of the new century is no different - the waves of change just keep on rolling in.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /destinations/north_america/san_francisco/printable.htm (4655 words)

	San Francisco History - A Timeline
		European discovery and exploration of the San Francisco Bay Area and its islands began in 1542 and culminated with the mapping of the bay in 1775.
		What a strange town was that, the San Francisco of 1856, its 30,000 people in speedy transition from a city of tents and shacks to one of brick and stone buildings.
		Sutro & Co.Founded in San Francisco by Gustav, Charles, and Emil Sutro.
	www.zpub.com /sf/history/sfh2.html (1977 words)

	History of San Francisco National Cemetery - Presidio of San Francisco
		Situated in the northern center of the Presidio, the San Francisco National Cemetery offers a breathtaking final resting place for the nation's military veterans and their families.
		It rests on a slope overlooking the San Francisco Bay, and the rolling terrain accentuates the splendid views of Angel Island and the Marin Headlands directly across the bay, Alcatraz Island to the right and the Golden Gate Bridge to the left.
		She died in San Francisco in 1893 and is interred in Officer's Section.
	www.nps.gov /prsf/history/cemetery_history.htm (1639 words)

	San Francisco Cemeteries by John W. Blackett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The crematorium, called the San Francisco Columbarium, is located at the end of Loraine Court, off Anza Street in the Richmond District and use to be part of the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
		The San Francisco Columbarium - Located at the end of Loraine Court, off Anza Street, in the Inner Richmond District and it originally was part of the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
		The San Francisco Daily Evening Post on November 16th, 1878 said it was at the "eminence between Taylor and Jones streets, and north of Vallejo street".
	www.sanfranciscocemeteries.com (2555 words)

	Jack London's Journalism:The Story of an Eyewitness
		Never in all San Francisco's history, were her people so kind and courteous as on this night of terror.
		Here were the magnificent residences of the second generation of San Francisco nabobs, and these, in a solid zone, were dynamited down across the path of the fire.
		San Francisco, at the present time, is like the crater of a volcano, around which are camped tens of thousands of refugees At the Presidio alone are at least twenty thousand.
	sunsite.berkeley.edu /London/Writings/Journalism/sfearthquake.html (2149 words)

	San Francisco -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The spectacular San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was opened in 1936 and the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937.
		By the time of the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-40) the whole San Francisco Bay area was heavily industrialized; it had become the leading commercial center of the West Coast.
		San Francisco's natural beauty and mild climate have made it attractive as a residential city, but it is increasingly split between areas of wealth and of urban impoverishment.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/SnFrn_History.asp (907 words)

	San Francisco history
		San Francisco became an overpopulated city with, as major problems, the crime and the corruption.
		San Francisco became richer and richer and was developed between 1870 and 1880.
		At the end of the war of Vietnam, San Francisco was known for its different demonstrations against this war.
	www.sanfranciscodream.com /San%20Francisco-E/sanfranciscohistory.htm (1575 words)

	California Mission History: San Francisco de Asís
		One of the greatest recorded earthquakes of all time shook San Francisco in 1906, but the thick walls of the old mission church stood firm.
		Inside, the church is little different than when it ministered to dusky Indian neophytes, an island of peace and calm in the midst of the busy city.
		The oldest building in fabulous San Francisco, the mission church came through the great earthquake and fire of 1906 unscathed.
	www.californiamissions.com /cahistory/dolores.html (364 words)

	San Francisco History - Mark Twain in San Francisco
		He paid his fare to San Mateo, in the morning train, about six weeks ago and then tried to slip by and go on to Belmont, but was detected by Mr.
		San Francisco beats the world for novelties; but the inventive faculties of her people are exercised on a specialty.
		Denman, the Principal of the School, followed with a brief but interesting history of the rise and progress of the Public School system of San Francisco, and after a song by the girls, the Rev. Dr.
	www.sfgenealogy.com /sf/history/hgmt6.htm (7316 words)

	Izturis homer may be a sign for Dodgers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		SAN FRANCISCO - All Cesar Izturis wanted to do was reach base, to start an early rally for the Dodgers in their first inning of the season.
		Given his history against San Francisco's Jason Schmidt (4 for 22, five strikeouts), it would have been folly to expect much more.
		The one thing Izturis never thought he would do when he stepped into the box to officially begin the 2005 season Tuesday against Schmidt was drive the ball over the right field wall, something he did on a 1-1 fastball from Schmidt.
	www.azcentral.com /sports/diamondbacks/articles/0407nlplug0407.html (208 words)

	BSL FAQ: 1906 Earthquake
		The 1906 San Francisco earthquake occured on April 18, 1906 at 05:12 AM local time in the San Francisco Bay Area of central California.
		The San Andreas fault ruptured 430 km from San Juan Bautista to the Cape Mendocino triple junction.
		In the public's mind, this earthquake is perhaps remembered most for the fire it spawned in San Francisco, giving it the somewhat misleading appellation of the "San Francisco earthquake." Shaking damage, however, was equally severe in many other places along the fault rupture.
	perry.geo.berkeley.edu /seismo/hayward/seismicity.hist_1906.html (774 words)

	San Francisco History Center - How to research your San Francisco building - SFPL.org
		The San Francisco History Center has one set of Sanborn Maps in the room.
		After verifying the Assembly District in which the house was sited, you may find the address, name, age, and, sometimes, the occupation and political affiliation of the building occupants.
		This collection was given to the San Francisco History Center by the Assessor's Office.
	sfpl4.sfpl.org /librarylocations/sfhistory/sfbuilding.htm (625 words)

	San Francisco History Index
		San Francisco History and Escapes from Alcatraz - lots of great source materials collected by Ron Filion - a fine example of someone adding the available information about San Francisco history online.
		History of San Francisco Chinatown - a timeline from 1848...
		It all happened on Fillmore Street - When the Earthquake and Fire of 1906 destroyed most of San Francisco, the Fillmore was untouched and for several months afterwards served as the commercial and political center of the city.
	www.zpub.com /sf/history (1446 words)

	San Francisco History - Population
		San Francisco Mission [Dolores]: 310 men, 258 women, 27 boys, 30 girls, 625 total (Indians); 2 men (Spanish); 627 total.
		Also, in 1852, San Francisco County included the area now known as San Mateo County.
		California Census of 1852, County of San Francisco.
	www.sfgenealogy.com /sf/history/hgpop.htm (413 words)

	Encyclopedia of San Francisco
		was a Bay Area native, born in San Francisco on January 20, 1872 and raised in Oakland.
		Her father Charles B. Morgan was a mining engineer from New England who first sailed around the Cape to San Francisco in 1867, returning back East to marry Julia's mother, Eliza, convinced that their future was brighter in the Golden State.
		On September 17, 1859, a neatly dressed and serious looking Norton climbed the stairs of 517 Clay Street to the office of the San Francisco Bulletin newspaper and placed a piece of paper in front of the editor, George Fitch.
	www.sfhistoryencyclopedia.com /index.html (144 words)

	History of San Francisco Chess
		The Mechanics' Institute Chess Club in San Francisco, where I am a life member has had a special place in my life.
		During the period 1886-1890 he strengthened his game by playing at the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club in San Francisco, finally becoming so strong that in one tournament he gave odds to all the other contestants, and still won the tournament.
		The American champion J. Showalter, also visited San Francisco, and although he had the edge over Dr. Lovegrove in casual play, lost no less than 12 games to him out of about 30 played.
	www.chessclub.org /hist.html (929 words)

	SAN FRANCISCO / 7 cops accused in '02 fajita assault case / Misconduct charges served by Office of Citizen Complaints
		SAN FRANCISCO / 7 cops accused in '02 fajita assault case / Misconduct charges served by Office of Citizen Complaints
		Seven San Francisco police officers have been accused of misconduct in connection with the handling of the alleged street assault in 2002 that involved three off-duty officers, including the son of former Police Chief Alex Fagan Sr.
		Henry Parra and Edmund Cota, Sgt. John Syme, Inspector Paul Falconer and two of the officers at the scene of the alleged assault, Gene Cornyn and Daniel Miller, have been accused of violating department rules and could be suspended or fired, according to documents made public Friday by the Police Commission.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/07/24/BAGK87S8J51.DTL (1064 words)

	San Francisco History Books
		“San Francisco in 1900 was a Gold Rush boomtown settling into a gaudy middle age.
		Emphasizing the significance of her life in the context of how it has been interpreted or ignored in American history, Hudson integrates fact and speculation culled from periodicals, court cases, diaries, letters, Pleasant's interviews with the San Francisco press, and various biographical and fictional accounts.
		San Francisco Beat: Talking With the Poets is an essential archive of the Beat Generation, a rich moment in a fortunate place.
	www.sfheart.com /sfhistory.html (2714 words)

	California Mission History: San Francisco de Solano
		Discouraged by declining opportunity at Dolores, a zealous young padre founded Mission San Francisco de Solano, at Sonoma, on July 4, 1823, without the knowledge of his superiors.
		The ambitious padre intended to dismantle Mission Dolores and move everything to the new San Francisco of the North.
		After acrimonious debate, a compromise was reached which allowed both the new mission and Dolores to continue in their separate courses.
	www.californiamissions.com /cahistory/solano.html (244 words)

	San Francisco History by Subject - Museum of the City of San Francisco
		San Francisco History by Subject - Museum of the City of San Francisco
		San Francisco and the Civil War, by Charles B. Turrill – 1861
		History of the First Baptist Church of San Francisco
	www.sfmuseum.org /hist1/index0.html (907 words)

	City of Berkeley > Berkeley Historical Society >
		And, Sue Austin, a professional in the personal history field, is our treasured resource who engineered the strategic planning retreat in early 2004, writes the articles for our newsletter on our cherished volunteers, and lends her sage advice on maintaining the direction of the BHS.
		San Francisco Fire Department Response to the Berkeley Conflagration of September 1923 and Response to the Oakland-Berkeley Hills Conflagration of October 1991
		History of the Russian Settlement at Fort Ross (Sonoma County)
	www.ci.berkeley.ca.us /histsoc (2586 words)

	History of San Francisco Chinatown - The largest chinatown outside of Asia
		History of San Francisco Chinatown - The largest chinatown outside of Asia
		They were not permitted into any other public schools in San Francisco.
		Anti-Chinese ordinances are passed in San Francisco to curtail their housing and employment options.
	www.sanfranciscochinatown.com /history (279 words)

	Friends of 1800 Market - San Francisco Preservation
		The Friends of 1800 is a grassroots, nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving significant historical buildings, landmarks and the architectural heritage of San Francisco with a special interest in the identification and recognition of issues and sites important to GLBT history and culture.
		A Cultural Resource Survey is a basic tool that will lay the foundation for the preservation of sites important to LBGT history and culture, and will be an official recognition of the importance of LGBT history to the culture and history of San Francisco.
		See also our complete listing of former San Francisco movie houses as well as updated information about theaters yet to be closed.
	www.friendsof1800.org (216 words)

	San Francisco Literary Tours - the Bay Area's only walking tour dedicated to the literary history of San Francisco. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		San Francisco Literary Tours - the Bay Area's only walking tour dedicated to the literary history of San Francisco.
		San Francisco is rich with literary history, with writers from all over the world spending time and gathering inspiration here.
		Join me, San Francisco author, Scott Lettieri for the Bay Area's only walking tour dedicated to the literary history of what Herb Caen first coined "Baghdad by the Bay." Did you know that Samuel Clemens first used the name "Mark Twain" when he moved to Northern California?
	www.sfliterarytours.com (218 words)

	LII - Results for "calif* histor* museum"
		The San Francisco Fire Department has been responding to fires and disasters in the City since 1849.
		The mission of this nonprofit society "is to serve as the focal point for discovering the history of San Francisco." The organization sponsors historical and architectural walking tours, exhibits, and educational programs.
		The Musée Mécanique is a San Francisco treasure, "a wonderful museum of mechanical games, toys and musical instruments dating back to the 19th century." The site provides a history of the successful efforts to preserve the collection and has links to photographs and articles.
	lii.org /search?query=Calif+histor+museum;searchtype=subject (1405 words)

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