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  2. Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Selected historical image ...

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    "View of San Francisco 1850, taken from a High Point on the South Side." ... German map of San Francisco Bay Area, ca. 1893-1897 ... 1919 California Street, San ...

  3. Timeline of San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    1850 April 15: City of San Francisco incorporated. [6] [2] May 1: John W. Geary becomes mayor. October 29: San Francisco becomes part of the new U.S. State of California. Chamber of Commerce [7] Society of California Pioneers, [8] and Jenny Lind Theatre [3] established. Population: 34,000. [2] 1851 May 3–4: Fire. [9] San Francisco Committee ...

  4. List of San Francisco placename etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Capp was secretary of the San Francisco Homestead Union, the first homestead association in San Francisco. The street runs through the lands of the association. [9] Castro Street: José Castro: A Californio leader of Mexican opposition to U.S. rule in California in the 19th century, and alcalde (mayor) of Alta California from 1835 to 1836.

  5. List of streets in San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    Portola Drive is the extension of Market Street into the south and western portion of San Francisco; San Jose Avenue, a major commuter road, brings thousands of cars into San Francisco every day (aka the Bernal Cut) Van Ness Avenue acts as US 101 through the heart of San Francisco from the Central Freeway towards the northern section of the ...

  6. History of San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    San Francisco was the county seat of San Francisco County, one of state's 18 original counties since California's statehood in 1850. Until 1856, the city limits extended west to Divisadero Street and Castro Street, and south to 20th Street.

  7. List of defunct San Francisco Municipal Railway lines

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    Mission Street & 5th Street: Balboa Park Station, San Francisco State University: Low ridership. [2] South of Market, Mission District, Glen Park, Balboa Park: 1945: 2009 [13] 27 Noe [14] 29 Visitacion Mansell & Visitacion: Gillette & Lathrop: Replaced by 56 Rutland. [15] Visitacion Valley: 1948: 1980 32 Embarcadero Hyde & Jefferson Streets ...

  8. California Historical Landmarks in San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    List table of the properties and districts — listed on the California Historical Landmarks — within City and County of San Francisco, California. Note: Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.

  9. San Francisco Fire of 1851 - Wikipedia

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    Map of the area burned in the fire of May 1851. Daguerrotype view of San Francisco harbor in 1850 or 1851. The San Francisco Fire of 1851 (May 3–4, 1851) was a catastrophic conflagration that destroyed as much as three-quarters of San Francisco, California.