Although the period of active life of San Francisco has been a short one, as historical periods go, it has been crowded
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A concise, “colorful, well-told” history of the City by the Bay, from the Gold Rush to the Summer of Love to the twenty-
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Studies the history of the San Francisco stage from the early 1800's through the start of the 1900's. Looks at
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Founded during the Gold Rush years, the Chinese community of San Francisco became the largest and most vibrant Chinatown
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Houston's meteoric rise from a bayou trading post to the world's leading oil supplier owes much to its geograp
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