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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CDM_white-angel_San-Francisco-CA.html
It was westering and westering. And then the old men came to edge of the continent and saw they could go no further, they broke down and wept. Down and out on the waterfront in Frisco. The end of the line. Out of work. Out of food. And out of hope…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CDI_the-general-harrison_San-Francisco-CA.html
The remains of the gold rush supply ship, the General Harrison, lie beneath this building. The sidewalk treatment reminds us that Clay Street was once a wharf at the edge of San Francisco Bay with tidal mud flats to the north, and in 1850 ships li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CDF_the-montgomery-block_San-Francisco-CA.html
This, San Francisco's first fireproof building erected in 1853 by Henry Wager Helleck, was the headquarters for many outstanding lawyers, financiers, writers, actors and artists. James King of William, editor of the Bulletin, died here after being…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CDC_william-alexander-leidesdorff_San-Francisco-CA.html
Builder · Entrepreneur · Visionary Pioneer San Franciscan · African-American
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRNQ_hudsons-bay-company_San-Francisco-CA.html
On this block, then on Yerba Buena's waterfront, stood the California headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1841, their chief trader, William G. Rae, purchased the property and started operations. This venture caused wide speculation about …