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The village remained a focal point of the community, particularly after the arrival of the railroad in 1852. [2] The historic district extends mainly along Route 153 for about 0.5 miles (0.80 km), extending north from the railroad in the south to Youlin Road and Rupert Mountain Road in the north.
The San Francisco Historical Society was founded in 1988 by historian Charles A. Fracchia. [1]In February 2002, the San Francisco Historical Society merged with the Museum of the City of San Francisco to create the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society, [2] which the San Francisco municipal government recognized as the official historical museum of San Francisco. [3]
October 10, 1975 (Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, 2905 Hyde Street: Fisherman's Wharf: Flat-bottomed scow schooner built in 1891 to haul goods on and around San Francisco Bay and river delta areas.
San Francisco, 1865–1932: Politics, Power, and Urban Development. University of California Press. Richards, Rand (2007). Historic San Francisco: A Concise History and Guide. ISBN 978-1879367050. Ryan, Mary P. (1997). Civic Wars: Democracy and Public Life in the American City during the Nineteenth Century. Berkeley: University of California Press.
San Francisco: James J. Gillick and Co. Chase, Ashley, 2003, Our Heritage : the San Francisco Ladies' Protection and Relief Society: 1853-2003, the first 150 years, San Francisco Ladies Protection and Relief Society. Wilson, Carol Green, 1970, A History of The Heritage, 1853–1970, San Francisco Ladies' Protection and Relief Society.
The vast majority of Chinese in California were from various districts on the west side of the Pearl River Delta, in Guangdong province. Thus, the first huiguan, or ui-kun, as it was locally known [12] in Cantonese San Francisco, the Sam Yap (Chinese: 三邑; pinyin: sānyì; Jyutping: sam1 jap1; lit. 'Three counties') Company, emerged in 1851.
The Soo Yuen Benevolent Association building in San Francisco's Chinatown stands at the corner of Grant and Clay. The Soo Yuen Benevolent Association (Chinese: 遡源堂) was founded in 1846, in the 26th year of the Qing dynasty reign of Daoguang in Shuikou town in Kaiping County.
B. Addie L. Ballou; Enrico Banducci; Bank of America (1904–1998) Barbary Coast Trail; Barbary Coast, San Francisco; Basin Street West; Battery Howe-Wagner