San Francisco

carpenter building a sawmill for John Sutter on the American River. Both men agreed to keep the treasure a secret to protect their land, but newspaper and store owner Sam Brannon caught wind of the discovery. He walked up and down the streets of San Francisco with a small vial of gold telling people he had found it in the American River. By the end of 1849, less than two years after the discovery of gold, more than 80,000 people had flocked to California. In the following years, fortune hunters…

Unfortunately, Dan White, a fellow San Francisco City Supervisor, absolutely appalled all movements lead by Milk. Deciding he had had enough, On November 27, 1978, White snuck into City Hall through a window in the basement, avoiding security, and proceeded to shoot and kill both Harvey Milk…

this new environment, make new friends, live with new neighbors, go to a new school, learn a new language, and start a new life in San Francisco. I do not remember how many times I wanted to give up and went back to my home country because it was really tough when I did not know anything about San Francisco. Sometimes I could not understand the culture in San Francisco because it was totally different from the culture where I grew up with. According to the article “Bridging US-China…

a better person and probably gave him something to write about especially when it involved his personal beliefs. After he successfully fulfilled his sentenced thirty days in the Erie County penitentiary Jack London eventually made his was back San Francisco. Jack London heard about the gold rush in Yukon…

The hippie movement was the common title Americans used to define the out casted individuals and their actions that began to take place in the early 1960s and continued on through the 1970s. The movement started as vocal opposition to the United States taking part in the Vietnam War. Soon after, this generation ultimately transformed into a liberal counterculture. A counterculture is a subculture that has values and behavioral norms that are substantially different from those of the mainstream…

The California gold rush of the 1840’s and 50’s was no exception. It all started in 1848 when a newspaper based in San Francisco called “The Californian” first broke the news of gold in the area. “GLORIOUS SUCCESS! AT THE BEE HIVE!! UNPARALLELED IN CALIFORNIA!!!” Once the news broke, people moved to California by the thousands and interest by the states grew larger and larger…

but I have never lost my passion for the game. I love baseball because of the history, the statistics, and the memories the game provides me. History is part of the reason why baseball is so special. I can look back at my favorite team, the San Francisco Giants, and see how the team did all the way back in the late 1800’s. In fact, the franchise that is the current day Giants dates back all the way to May 1, 1883 (Fleming.) It is truly incredible how far back this sport goes. You can look…

1978 - Tenderloin District, San Francisco Marci passed a man trying to come up the stairs. He stumbled and laughed to himself in the half-light of the dark stairwell. To nobody in particular, he blurted out “Oops…let’s try that again. His eyes widening and squinting, alternatively. Trying to gain a grasp of the moment. Marci hurried by, acting as if he wasn’t there. His hair was in disarray and the vapor around him told her that he was full with alcohol; and she knew those weren’t safe…

In 1492,after Christopher columbus brought back news of what he called the new the world (north america ,south America, and central america), The spanish government was eager to explore the land further. Holy Cross Catholic Church first began as one of the 21 California missions: La Exaltacion de la Santa Cruz, giving its name to the city and county. We continue to grow, with a mission for the 21st century.Holy Cross reaches out to its own, its youth and pre-school children, its elderly; and…

Jack London’s official name is John Griffith Chaney. He was born on January 12, 1876, in San Francisco, California. When Jack was a boy, he was part of the working-class and worked very hard as a teen. Jack’s first experience of writing was when he had his stories published in the Overland Monthly. His first famous book he published was The Call of the Wild, and other famous novels by him are White Fang, Martin Eden, and The People of the Abyss. Jack married Bess Maddern and had two children…