Events by Decade Archives - Page 5 of 101 -

As posts are published, they will be loaded into the appropriate decade.

APRIL 12, 1945: Francis Van Wie, San Francisco’s Ding Dong Daddy of the D-Line, was convicted of 9 counts of polygamy.

Francis Van Wie was born in 1886 in Madison, Wisconsin. His first marriage was in 1904 when he was 18. After divorcing his first wife…

APRIL 9, 1959: Famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright died in Phoenix, Arizona. He designed only one building for San Francisco, located in Maiden Lane.

Prostitution was rampant in San Francisco’s early days as prospective gold miners flooded into the City looking for female companionship. Irene McCready was San Francisco’s…