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MAY 22, 1844: The Stephens-Townsend-Murphy party, which included Sarah Armstrong Montgomery, left Iowa and traveled to San Francisco. Eleven years later, Sarah married for the third time, the marriage of her first two husbands both having ended in sensational fashion.

MAY 22, 1844: The Stephens-Townsend-Murphy party, which included Sarah Armstrong Montgomery, left Iowa and traveled to San Francisco. Eleven years later, Sarah married for the third time, the marriage of her first two husbands both having ended in sensational fashion.

REPOST The Stephens-Townsend-Murphy Party, consisting of ten pioneer families, left Iowa on May 22, 1844 and was the first wagon train to cross Donner Pass…

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MAY 20, 1856: San Francisco’s second Committee of Vigilence publicly tried and executed Charles Cora and James Casey after Committee members aimed a canon at the City Jail.

MAY 20, 1856: San Francisco’s second Committee of Vigilence publicly tried and executed Charles Cora and James Casey after Committee members aimed a canon at the City Jail.

REPOST When San Francisco was incorporated in 1850, City and County governments were formed, but the number of criminals largely outnumbered local law officials. Arson,…

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