San Francisco in 1855
The Gold Rush period in San Franciso witnessed major changes in the city, some of which were documented in the "Annals of San Francisco," published in 1855. These are excerpts from that book.
Gold Rush 1848
Lodging 1849
Conditions 1849
Indian Conversion
"Inferior" Races
Population 1849
Post Office 1849
Work 1849
Streets 1849
Telegram 1849
Condition 1850
Monetary Crisis 1850
Hounds 1849
Conditions 1851
Morals 1852
Duels 1852
Chinese Immigration 1852
Foreigners 1853
Squatting 1853
Spanish Races
French
Financial Crisis 1854
Population 1848
Introduction
Deaths and Burials
Jenny Lind Theatre
Birth of the City
City Makeup in the 1840s
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