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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R15_chutchui-and-sitlintac_San-Francisco-CA.html
For the last 5,000 years this particular site served as a vantage point to the southeast, overlooking an ancient salt water bay fed by fresh water streams. Standing on this bluff three to four hundred years ago, looking southeast, you would have…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QWP_whaling-out-of-san-francisco_San-Francisco-CA.html
Whaling was more dangerous than ever in the late 19th Century, as the number of whales declined and it became necessary to venture farther north and stay longer in pursuit. By the early 1880s, the bomb lance, an iron tube 20 inches long and an inc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QWM_shipbuilding-at-steamboat-point_San-Francisco-CA.html
At the time of the Gold Rush, Tichenor's Ways built and repaired early wooden steamboats and vessels. Calm but deep water near Steamboat Point helped this industry thrive. Henry B. Tichenor built a marine railways in 1851, but shipbuilding moved s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QWL_fremont-street_San-Francisco-CA.html
This marker consists of six plaques arranged in a 2 X 3 pattern. The top left plaque is the title plaque and may contain some text. The top right plaque displayed an arrow which points in the direction of the named street. Other plaques contain bi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QWK_bryant-street_San-Francisco-CA.html
This marker consists of six plaques arranged in a 2 X 3 pattern. The top left plaque is the title plaque and may contain some text. The top right plaque displayed an arrow which points in the direction of the named street. Other plaques contain bi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DOM_remnants-of-rincon-hill_San-Francisco-CA.html
Look up First Street towards the remnants of Rincon Hill; in the 1850s it was the first fashionable residential neighborhood in the city. When the excitement of the Gold Rush subsided, San Franciscans looked around for the best place to build a ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DLD_beale-street_San-Francisco-CA.html
This marker consists of six plaques arranged in a 2 X 3 pattern. The top left plaque is the title plaque and may contain some text. The top right plaque displayed an arrow which points in the direction of the named street. Other plaques contain bi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DL1_brannan-street_San-Francisco-CA.html
This marker consists of six plaques arranged in a 2 X 3 pattern. The top left plaque is the title plaque and may contain some text. The top right plaque displayed an arrow which points in the direction of the named street. Other plaques contain bi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DL0_townsend-street_San-Francisco-CA.html
This marker consists of six plaques arranged in a 2 X 3 pattern. The top left plaque is the title plaque and may contain some text. The top right plaque displayed an arrow which points in the direction of the named street. Other plaques contain bi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DKV_king-street_San-Francisco-CA.html
This marker consists of six plaques arranged in a 2 X 3 pattern. The top left plaque is the title plaque and may contain some text. The top right plaque displayed an arrow which points in the direction of the named street. Other plaques contain bi…
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