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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14NZ_this-memorial-to-rear-admiral-daniel-j-callaghan_San-Francisco-CA.html
[Main Marker - Mounted on base of the flag pole.]This memorial to Rear Admiral Daniel Judson Callaghan, U.S.N. and his officers and men who gave their lives for our country, while fighting on board the USS San Francisco in the battle of Guadalcana…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14NY_heavy-cruiser-uss-san-francisco-ca38_San-Francisco-CA.html
Honor-Courage-CommitmentThese are the remains of the flag bridge of the cruiser USS San Francisco, badly damaged in battle against Japanese naval forces on the night of November 12-13, 1942. The shrapnel-torn holes in her bridge bear mute testimon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13QI_56-gold-street_San-Francisco-CA.html
Jackson SquareHistoric DistrictHas been place on theNational Registerof Historic PlacesBy the United StatesDepartment of the Interior1971
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13P2_the-stinking-rose_San-Francisco-CA.html
San Francisco's first restaurant to celebrate theeuphoria of garlic.Ancient Roman soldiers dubbed the pungent herb garlic "the stinking rose". They believed garlic made them extremely strong and extra virile and rubbed their bodies with garlic oil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13P1_san-francisco-brewing-company_San-Francisco-CA.html
This building is the last of the Barbary Coast saloons. Prior to the great earthquake and fire of 1906, this was the site of the infamous Billy Goat Saloon, operated by Pigeon-Toed Sal. After reconstruction, the original Andromeda Saloon opened he…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13OZ_pony-express_San-Francisco-CA.html
The first Pony Express rider to reach San Francisco on the final relay carrying mail from St. Joseph, Missouri to California, arrived in this city Apr. 14, 1860 aboard the River Str. ?Antelope'. Led by a band and several engine companies, a concou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13MM_commander-john-b-montgomerys-landing-site_San-Francisco-CA.html
On July 9, 1846, in the early morning, in "the days when water came up to Montgomery Street," Commander John B. Montgomery - for whom Montgomery Street was named - landed near this spot from the U.S. Sloop-of-War "Portsmouth," to raise the Stars a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13ML_the-family_San-Francisco-CA.html
"The Family", one of San Francisco's oldest and most distinctive social clubs, was founded on this site on April, 1902
This plaque dedicated on the Club's centennial
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13MJ_graceful-brick-building_San-Francisco-CA.html
Constructed in 1858, this graceful brick building played an important role in the financial and entrepreneurial development of frontier San Francisco. From his offices in this building, William M. Lent, President of the Savage Mining Company, orga…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13MI_bummer-and-lazarus_San-Francisco-CA.html
Bummer and Lazarus were two stray dogs who roamed this part of San Francisco in the 1860s. Their devotion to each other endeared them to the citizenry, and the newspapers reported their joint adventures, whether stealing a bone from another dog, u…