Birth of SF Menu

Early drawing showing the muddy streets of San Francisco (from "The Annals of San Francisco")

The birth of San Francisco covers the time from the Ohlone through the Spanish and later Mexican governments and the epic gold rush.

THE PRISON SHIP ‘EUPHEMIA’ Prison Ship

The Discovery of San Francisco Bay (1542-1769) Discovery of SF Bay

The Mission District Mission Dolores

A Visit to 1816 San Francisco Mission Life in 1816

A VISIT TO THE BAY AREA IN 1835 From Richard H. Dana's Two Years Before The Mast 1835 Visit to the Bay

The San Francisco Sand Dunes Sand Dunes

EXPLORATION OF BAY (1772-76) Exploration of Bay 1772-76

NATIVE AMERICANS in the MISSION ECONOMY Indian Slave Labor

A RADICAL, WORKING CLASS US SENATOR??? A Radical US Senator??

San Francisco Mayors 1850 — 1875 Early Mayors

FIRE! Fire!!

Yerba Buena-Good Herb Yerba Buena Cove

The Pre-European Landscape Pre-European Landscape

Vigilante Committees Vigilance Committees

SETTLEMENT OF SAN FRANCISCO (1776) First Settlement 1776

First Encounter Intro Native/European contact 1772

Gold-Rush Era Prostitutes Gold Rush Prostitutes

The Duel Broderick-Terry Duel

WILLIAM RICHARDSON AND YERBA BUENA ORIGINS Richardson and Yerba Buena origins

HAPPY VALLEY Happy Valley

WATER LOT SPECULATION Water Lot Speculation

GAMBLING FRENZY!!! Gambling Frenzy!!

Annals Of SF Menu Annals of San Francisco 1855

Yankee Women Yankees come 1853

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