San Francisco History FAQ
See: San Francisco FAQ by Robert Summers
Questions asked in the SF History Q&A Forum ...
Where
did the name San Francisco come from?
Who
designed Golden Gate Park, and when?
How
did the 'Tenderloin' get its name?
Who
is Coit Tower named after?
What
was the transit agency before BART?
What
was the population of SF in 1900?
How
did the 49ers get their name?
What
role did San Francisco play in the Civil War?
Who
discovered San Francisco?
What
is the origin of the fortune cookie?
What
is the name of the island where immigrants use to go to first?
Where
was Potter's Field?
Was
the Embarcadero a military base?
What
was the Vigilance Committee of 1856?
Who
was Van Ness Ave named after?
Who
was Haight Street named after?
Who
was Peter York?
Which
SF neighborhood was called "butchertown" in the 1920's?
What
was Kelly's Army?
Who was Emperor Norton?
Who
was the first African-American mayor of San Francisco?
Why
is San Francisco considered a forward looking city?
Who
was here before the Spanish?
What
is the name of Robert Louis Stevenson' s Poem in Portsmouth Square?
How
did the Sunset district get its name and when was it developed?
Where
is Goat Island?
Is
it true that Lake Merced had an outlet to the Ocean?
See also ...
The Great San Francisco Trivia Quiz [at sfbg.com]
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