Men and memories of San Francisco, in the "spring of '50."
By: By T.A. Barry and B.A. Patten ...
Contributors: Patten, B. A. 1825-1877.
Publisher: A.L. Bancroft & company
Published: 1873
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Ethnic groups -- California; Women -- California; Urbanization -- California; Real estate development -- California; Law and politics -- California; Mines and mineral resources -- California; Business -- California; San Francisco (Calif.) -- History
Description: Theodore Augustus Barry (1825-1881) and Benjamin Ada Patten (1825-1877) established their credentials as California pioneers by arriving in their adopted state before January 1, 1850. Men and memories of San Francisco (1873) gives later arrivals a detailed picture of the city as it existed a few months before California statehood. They describe the streets and the residences and business that lined each thoroughfare and alley as well as the men and women who owned those homes, boarding-houses, hotels, restaurants, saloons, stores, offices, and shops. They also chronicle the fire of May 1851 which destroyed so many of the structures they describe. While they focus on the city as it was in early 1850, their sketches of its residents extend further, often forming capsule biographies of their subjects.
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