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In 1841, Cadwalader Ringgold, an officer in the United States Navy, spent twenty days surveying the San Francisco Bay watershed as a member of the United States Exploring Expedition In 1849, Cadwalader Ringgold began a more comprehensive survey the San Francisco Bay region, [11] the Sacramento River, and parts of the American and created several maps which included depth sounding information ...
Aerial photo of San Francisco showing Golden Gate Park. Golden Gate Park in San Francisco (contemporary aerial photo shown) is surveyed and mapped; The First National Gold Bank in San Francisco begins producing National Bank Notes redeemable in gold; San Francisco's population is 149,473, an increase by 163% from 1860's 56,802
150 photos included in The California Coast from the Air (2014) by Gary Griggs and Deepika Shrestha Ross. [12] Photos of Fort Funston near San Francisco were used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to test a method of calculating the amount of coastal erosion. [13] [14]
James Clair Flood Mansion, 1000 California Street, San Francisco (National Register of Historic Places, 1940) image credit: Historic American Buildings Survey 90
Lone Mountain Cemetery complex in 1869 map of San Francisco. Lone Mountain Cemetery was a complex of cemeteries in the Lone Mountain neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States [2] [3] on the land bounded by the present-day California Street, Geary Boulevard, Parker Avenue, and Presidio Avenue. [4]
Like all of California, the Outside Lands were a Mexican possession until the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in February 1848 ceded it to the United States. The area was U.S. government land at the time of the Gold Rush. The City and County of San Francisco, which was growing rapidly, desired the land and petitioned for it in the 1850s.
The record is in books “C” and “D” and in the book of city maps on page 129. This map section showing the area called the Excelsior can be found in Bancroft's Official Guide Map of City and County of San Francisco. [4] This map indicates that the Excelsior area was previously part of the Rancho Rincon de las Salinas y Potrero Viejo. [5]
Around 11 pm on the night of May 3, 1851, a fire (possibly arson) broke out in a paint and upholstery store above a hotel on the south side of Portsmouth Square in San Francisco. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Fueled by increasingly high winds, the fire was initially carried down Kearny St. and then, as the winds shifted to the south, into the downtown area ...