A Short, Illustrated History of the San Francisco Bay Area
This series forms the border of the San Francisco Bay Area Visitor's Map.
This is #31 in a a series of 38.
See below for complete list of illustrations.
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A Short, Illustrated History of the San Francisco Bay Area This series forms the border of the San Francisco Bay Area Visitor's Map. This is #31 in a a series of 38. See below for complete list of illustrations.
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1. Short History of the San Francisco Bay Area 2. Formation of San Francisco Bay 3. Native Americans in the Bay Area during the 1700's 4. Presidio established at entrance to San Francisco Bay, 1776 5. Missions established in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1776-1823 6. California becomes part of Mexico, 1821 7. Yerba Buena founded, 1835 8. Ranchos in the Bay Area, 1830's and '40's 9. California becomes part of the United States, 1848 10. California Gold Rush, 1848 11. Population of San Francisco explodes, 1849 12. Levi Strauss caters to gold miners, 1853 13. U. S. Mint established in San Francisco, 1853 14. Clipper ships and San Francisco, 1850's 15. San Francisco's Barbary Coast, late 19th Century 16. Immigration to San Francisco Bay Area, late 19th Century 17. Oakland and first transcontinental railroad, 1869 18. Golden Gate Park founded, 1870 19. San Francisco's first cable car, 1873 |
20. University of California opens Berkeley campus, 1873 21. San Francisco Bay Area ferries, 1870's 22. William Randolph Hearst and San Francisco Examiner, 1887 23. Leland Stanford founds university, 1891 24. Oakland writer Jack London, 1900 25. San Francisco earthquake of 1906 26. Muir Woods founded, 1908 27. Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915 28. Alcatraz Island as prison, 1933-1963 29. Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge open, 1936-1937 30. Amelia Earhart, 1937 31. Golden Gate International Exposition, Treasure Island, 1939-40 32. Bay Area shipbuilding in World War II 33. Physics research and berkelium at UC Berkeley, 1940's 34. Beat Generation at North Beach, 1950's 35. Hippie culture at Haight-Ashbury, 1969 36. Computer development in Silicon Valley, 1970's 37. Super Bowl, 1985 38. Earthquake of 1989 |
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