Today in San Francisco History - a Gold Rush shaving-saloonTimecapsule: February 1852 We love personal accounts of the goings-on in our little town more than just about anything. The sights, the smells, the daily routine ... We want the nuts and bolts of what it was like to live here THEN! It's even better when the eyeballs taking... continue reading on SFist
Today in San Francisco History - Ghosts of Lands EndTimecapsule: February 19, 1921 On this date the cornerstone for San Francisco's spectacular Palace of the Legion of Honor Museum was levered into place. The Museum was to be a vehicle for the cultural pretensions of the notorious Alma Spreckels. This social-climbing dynamo envisioned her Museum as a far... continue reading on SFist
Today in San Francisco History - The laceration of Rincon HillTimecapsule: February 1869 There aren't too many people living who remember this now, but Rincon Hill was once the fanciest neighborhood in San Francisco. You know the place, right? It's south of Market Street, an asphalt-covered lump of rock with the Bay Bridge sticking out of the north-east side... continue reading on SFist
Today in San Francisco History - Eye of the Gold Rush HurricaneTimecapsule: February 1, 1849 The spring of 1849 -- dawn of a year forever branded into the national consciousness as the era of the California Gold Rush. And so it was -- but that was back East, in the "States". In San Francisco, the Gold Rush had actually begun... continue reading on SFist
Today in San Francisco History - San Francisco gets its nameTimecapsule: January 30, 1847 Yerba Buena That was the name given to the tiny bayside settlement back in 1835, a name taken from the wild mint growing on the sand dunes that surrounded it. And if it hadn't been for the lucky first name of an elegant Spanish noblewoman,... continue reading on SFist
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